Christmas Toy Drive

How does Sponsorship work?

Select one or more Families and add them to your cart.

Check out using the coupon code “IWILLSHOP”. This coupon code will zero out your cart total - but you still need to check out!. (Completing your order 'claims' your Family and removes them from the catalog).

You’ll receive an email with ages, genders and gift preferences of your sponsored children so that you can buy Christmas gifts for them. We suggest spending no more than $75 per child.

Wrap your gifts and place them in 1 large bag per Family with the Family ID# visibly attached.

Be sure to indicate (by age, gender and/or number) which gifts are for which child. Your receipt will indicate a number for each child.

Drop gifts off at Blue Oaks Church by Dec 15, 2024. We’ll make sure they get them.

Drop off gifts at:
Blue Oaks Church
7139 Koll Center Parkway
Pleasanton, CA 94566

  • Sunday Mornings 9:30-12 PM
  • December 12, 10-12 PM
  • December 13, 3-5 PM

If you need an alternate time to drop off your gifts, please email lisaherrington@blueoaks.church

IMPORTANT: By using the "IWILLSHOP" coupon you are taking responsibility to provide gifts for your Family - they're counting on you!

Don’t want to shop? No problem, we’ll do it for you.

Add one or more families to your cart and check out as usual, making a tax-deductible donation in the process (DO NOT use a coupon code).

We’ll use your financial donation to buy age appropriate Christmas gifts for the children you sponsored.

We’ll wrap the gifts and make sure they get them. However you must sponsor your family by Dec 8 so that we have time to shop for them!

Either way you choose, you are helping make this a Merrier Christmas for local families in Pleasanton, Dublin and Livermore.

Who are the families receiving all these gifts?

They are your neighbors and families in your community! Each school district maintains a list of McKinney-Vento families with students attending their schools, and invites them to register if they wish. Each family is ‘vetted’ by the districts (via their employees or social workers).

Currently we are partnering with the Pleasanton Unified School District, the Dublin Unified School District, and Livermore Joint Unified School District. If one of these organizations does not recognize the family as being ‘housing-insecure’ and approve them for inclusion, the family will not be added to the Toy Drive.

Questions? We can be reached at 925-255-5037 or toys@blueoaks.church
While there is a gift limit of $75 per child, there is not a limit on what Blue Oaks can do for each family. We plan to give a care package to each family that includes things like laundry detergent, items for hygiene care, grocery gift card, and other useful household items. If you would like to donate to this effort, all money will be distributed evenly among the participating families.
Click here to make a separate donation.