Who we are
A year-round volunteer effort
Fill a Stocking, Fill a Heart Inc is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with no paid staff. We work all year making and filling Christmas stockings for people in need in Clackamas County.
Our mission
Fill a Stocking, Fill a Heart fills and distributes handmade Christmas stockings to agencies in Clackamas County and their clients, young and old. Volunteers working with the community seek to brighten the holiday season by filling stockings with personal necessities and age-appropriate gifts for those less fortunate.
How the program works
Volunteers sew stockings throughout the year. Starting in October these stockings are available for the public to pick up, fill and return. Each stocking is checked to ensure it contains basic items such as toothpaste, shampoo, deodorant, hats, socks and gloves before distributing to agencies. Filled stockings should be returned by December 1st.
One hundred percent of the items and funds are used to fill stockings.
Meeting the remaining needs
Although the public fills a large quantity of the stockings, volunteers at the workshop fill the remaining stockings with donated items or items purchased by our organization. Fundraising throughout the year and cash donations allow us to purchase basic items and some small gifts to add to stockings.
Our reach
Stockings for our neighbors
We gift stockings to the unhoused, people with disabilities, veterans, seniors, children and adults in crisis. Volunteers and community donations allow us to continue providing the thousands of Christmas stockings requested each year by Clackamas County agencies.