Operation Christmas Elf

10/13/2026

Our first group email to our volunteers has been sent. If you signed up to volunteer, and didn’t get our email, please check your spam folder, or send me your email if you haven’t already. Thanks.

Send a message to learn more

10/09/2026

I’m starting to get a lot of emails about when registration starts for this year’s free Christmas shopping day, so let’s get the information out there.

****Registration will start on November 15th***

Details about HOW to register will be posted here at a later date, so please be patient with us while we get everything set up. Thank you.

09/18/2026

Wonderful news…we have secured a venue for this year's Free Christmas Shopping day! Sahali Mall has very generously donated a nice big space, and we are so grateful. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Now it’s time to expand our team of volunteers. If anyone would like to join us, please send me a private message with your phone number, and email address, and I will be in touch. Tentatively, we will begin setting up on November 20th, and the event will be held on Saturday December 12th, for registered participants. If we have any stuff left over, we will be open to the general public on Sunday December 13th, then we have two days to tear everything down. So, we’re going to need a lot of help before, during, and after the event. You can volunteer for some of it, or all of it…we will gratefully accept any amount of help.

Details about how to register to participate in the Free Christmas Shopping day will be posted here at a later date, so please don’t message me about this just yet.

08/24/2026

Well Kamloops, you did it again. Thanks to you, our garage sale was a huge success. So many people came by, and it was surprising to me that so many of them already knew about Operation Christmas Elf and what we do…word is getting out there. We also got a few more volunteers sign up to help with our free Christmas shopping day, so yay!, because we’re going to need a LOT of them.

Thank you…to everyone who came out to support us in ways big and small, our volunteers for all the help and laughter, Sahali Mall for lending us their tables again, and last but not least, my amazing husband and daughter for putting up with the chaos. Without all of you, Operation Christmas Elf couldn’t exist, and I appreciate every single one of you, so thank you.🩷

Now it’s time to start planning our free Christmas shopping day. I’ll keep you posted on our progress.

I almost forgot…we raised almost $1200.00!!!…awesome!!!🎉

08/23/2026

The rain isn’t stopping us today! Everything that is left over from our garage sale yesterday is still out in the garage so you can shop out of the weather.
All items are free! Donations appreciated, but not required. All proceeds help to support purchasing new gifts for this year’s event.

Open now until 2:00, or until we run out of stuff!

2688 willowbrae drive

08/15/2026

Operation Christmas Elf will be having a fundraising yard sale on
Saturday August 22nd, and Sunday August 23rd,
at 2688 Willowbrae Drive in Aberdeen, from 8am to noon
Spread the word 😃

***All proceeds go towards our free Christmas shopping day, for families who need a little help with Christmas***

PS…if you have stuff you’d like to get rid of, donations are gratefully accepted

07/29/2026

I absolutely love this! This was donated by one of our followers (who wants to remain anonymous). She literally rebuilt, and refurbished this rocking chair…which was in pieces when she got it, and repurposed a nightstand to go with it. Such a beautiful job by a very talented person! What little girl wouldn’t love to have this as her own little reading nook?🩷

07/26/2026

Hi everyone. Yes, I know it’s been a while since we last posted, but come summer time, my garden takes up most of my time. But that doesn’t mean we haven’t still been busy with Operation Christmas Elf. Donations for our free Christmas shopping day are still coming in regularly, my craft room is filled once again with garage sale donations, and plans are underway for our next garage sale…which will be held mid to late August. AND…while I’ve been tending to the garden, my favourite elf decided we needed more treasure boxes, so he disappeared into the workshop. He also decided to refurbish some little table and chair sets we’d been given too…can you tell he really likes that blue colour? 😂Thanks Bruce💞. Check out his work in progress.

06/16/2026

Our collection of donated bikes is starting to grow. I'll clean them up, and try to make them look as new as possible, but I don’t know anything about the mechanics of them, so I’m hoping to find a volunteer who could check them over for us. Mostly I just want to make sure that they’re safe for the kids who’ll be getting them at Christmas, but if you’re up to doing a few minor repairs too, that’s even better. If anyone is interested, please message me, or if you know someone who might be interested, would you please pass along our information? Thanks 😁

06/01/2026

My favourite elf (my husband) has been busy in the workshop again. This time he built us an assortment of bookshelves with small toy storage space in the bottom. Beautiful job Bruce, thank you😁.