Holiday House

About Holiday House

Since 1986, Holiday House has helped provide gifts and food to Clover Park Technical College students and their families. The first year provided 25 families with food for the holidays; over the years, Holiday House has grown from shopping in bulk to providing toys to more than 80 families a year.

Donated gifts and funds for Holiday House directly support the children of students who are attending school to make a better future for their families. The direct impact of this project has helped 4,294 children and 2,278 families with $279,632 generated in the last 37 years.

Many students feel compelled to drop out of college studies in the month of December to find employment in order to give their children gifts for the holidays, while not a scholarship or a loan Holiday House helps fill a financial and emotional need to our students and their families by helping them celebrate their holidays to the fullest. The need grows greater every year, as each year more and more students apply to be assistance during the holiday season. Holiday House is funded entirely by the generosity and commitment of CPTC Employees, students, and local community support.

Each year, the CPTC Foundation and the Holiday Helpers committee reach out to local businesses and community members to see if they might be willing to donate items for raffle/auction prizes to help fundraise for our annual Holiday House campaign. In addition, the Holiday Helpers committee seeks businesses and community members willing to sponsor a family with gifts for the holiday season

Although Holiday House is held in late November/early December, we try to reach out in advance so that business owners have time to send in their tax deductible donations prior to the start of the holiday season.

Your support will help students and their families during the holiday season with gifts. Without the support of individuals like yourself, our students may feel forgotten in the challenges they are experiencing balancing college and its financial costs. Please help our students have a special holiday season this year.

About Clover Park Technical College Foundation

Donations made to Clover Park Technical College Foundation, a local non-profit organization that supports CPTC are tax deductible. Please consider supporting Holiday House, as our community is the heart of our Foundation. Donations of cash or a raffle item/auction prize can be sent to the CPTC Foundation. Raffle items/auction prizes will be used to raffle off at our holiday fundraiser to help raise additional funds for Holiday House. Cash will be used to provide holiday gifts for children of our students. Please download our non-cash donation form below.

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