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Welcome to the Mat-Su Special Santa Program!
Welcome to the Mat-Su Special Santa Program. This year our workshop location is at: 720 N. Shoreline Drive off of Palmer-Wasilla Hwy. Turn at the light on Shoreline between Health Quest Therapy and Town & Country Furniture Store. We are the first building on the left. (Follow the Signs)
Over 1000 families in our Valley, from Sutton to Talkeetna, needed help with Christmas in 2010. Mat-Su Special Santa Program brings winter wear, toys, books, games, personal items and much more to the 3400 children in these families. The program began in 1997 with a few volunteers that helped 90 children. Now, in our 15th year, we organize the largest community Christmas gift-giving program in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
All of this is done through the generosity of our community. This year there are even more families in need and we are asking you to take part in the Mat-Su Special Santa Program.
The magic of this program is that every little bit makes a huge difference. Your donations stay in the Valley, helping our community neighbors.
Recently, I was talking with a young woman about to go off to college. I mentioned the Special Santa Program and she said with a huge smile, “Special Santa gave me ice skates when I was 12, I wore them around my neck and skated that whole winter.” Who knew we would make such memories? We would greatly appreciate your help with bringing Christmas and a lifetime of memories to a child and their family.
Please feel free to call us at 761-3770 or e-mail at matsu_santa@yahoo.com for more information. We appreciate you, and thank, you for considering us as one of the programs to benefit from your generosity.
The Special Santa Program is a Non-Profit organization under the umbrella of Alaska Family Services, a 501c3 Non-Profit Charity.
Toys For Tots©
The Special Santa Program is the distributor of all the toys collected in the Valley for Toys for Tots. The U.S. Marine Corps attend Halloween Hollow and other fundraisers held for Toys for Toys and Special Santa.
Special Santa
Served over 3400 children, newborn to 18, in 2010 and over 18,000 children since 1997.
Asks Special Santas to fulfill wish lists of children of the Mat-Su Valley from Sutton to Talkeetna.
Needs donations of money, books, toys, coats, electronics, personal items, or gift certificates.
Teams with Toys for Tots, agencies, food banks, and schools to help families in need.
Appreciates the people of the Mat-Su Valley’s generosity in helping bring magic to children and families.
* Accepts donations throughout the year.
Coordinated by:
Mari Jo Parks & Very Special Elves