William Porter Foundation for Children In Need

10/28/2026

Don’t forget to mark your calendar for November 7th. 🎅

Please share to help us spread the word to those in need this Christmas Season!

10/14/2026

🎄❤️ IT TAKES $100,000 TO MAKE CHRISTMAS MAGIC HAPPEN! ❤️🎄

Did you know that it takes approximately $100,000 in monetary contributions and donated toys EACH YEAR for the William Porter Foundation for Children in Need to provide Christmas gifts to children in need throughout the Shoals area?

That’s why we simply cannot do this without YOU! ❤️

Our Board of Directors works incredibly hard each year to raise the funds, secure donations, and gather the toys necessary to make our Christmas Toy Store a reality. But the truth is, no matter how hard we work, it takes an entire community coming together to make this happen.

🎁 WE NEED YOUR HELP TO REACH OUR $100,000 GOAL! 🎁

Whether you are an individual, business, church, school, club, or community organization, there are so many ways you can make a difference!

❤️ Organize a fundraiser or community giving project.

❤️ Host a toy drive at your business, church, school, or organization.

❤️ Make a monetary donation of any amount.

❤️ Donate new toys for children of all ages.

❤️ Become a corporate or community sponsor.

No contribution is too small, and every single donation brings us one step closer to our goal!

We also offer several sponsorship levels, which are outlined below, for businesses and organizations interested in partnering with us to make a lasting impact in our community.

Each year, hundreds of children throughout Lauderdale, Colbert, and Franklin counties depend on the generosity of our community to experience the joy of Christmas.

Behind every toy is a child. Behind every donation is an act of kindness. And behind every successful Christmas Toy Store is a community that cares. ❤️

If you, your business, church, school, club, or organization would like to get involved, please reach out to us! We would be incredibly grateful for the opportunity to partner with you.

🎄 Our goal is $100,000. Our mission is making Christmas brighter for children in need. And we cannot do it without YOU!

Thank you for helping us make a difference, one child at a time. ❤️

William Porter Foundation for Children in Need
Because every child deserves the joy of Christmas.

10/14/2026

🎄❤️ THANK YOU, JOEL R. ANDERSON FAMILY FOUNDATION! ❤️🎄

The William Porter Foundation for Children in Need is incredibly grateful to the Joel R. Anderson Family Foundation for their extraordinarily generous $30,000 donation to our 2026 Christmas Toy Store!

The Joel R. Anderson Family Foundation has been a committed and faithful supporter of our mission for many years, and their generosity continues to make an incredible impact on children and families throughout the Shoals area.

A gift of this magnitude allows us to provide Christmas gifts, joy, and hope to so many children in our community. We simply cannot thank the Anderson family enough for continuing to believe in the work of the William Porter Foundation and for investing so generously in the children we serve.

From our board, our volunteers, and especially the families whose lives are touched by this generosity — thank you, Joel R. Anderson Family Foundation, for helping us make Christmas brighter for children throughout the Shoals!

We are truly grateful for your continued commitment, generosity, and the lasting difference you make in our community. ❤️

09/23/2026

🎄 WE HAVE EXCITING NEWS! 🎄

The William Porter Foundation for Children in Need has officially launched our NEW WEBSITE! ❤️

Our new site is your one-stop for everything William Porter Foundation, including:

🎁 Christmas Assistance Information
🙋‍♀️ Volunteer Opportunities
❤️ Ways to Donate
🤝 Sponsorship Opportunities
🎄 Christmas Toy Store Updates
📅 Important Dates & Information

Whether you’re a family looking for assistance, someone who wants to volunteer, or a business or community member interested in supporting our mission, you can now find everything you need in one convenient place!

We are so excited to have a new way to stay connected with the amazing community that makes our Christmas Toy Store possible each year.

✨ Visit our new website and check it out!

A little Christmas. A lifetime of joy. Help make the season brighter for children in the Shoals.

09/22/2026

Please share to help us spread the word to those in need this Christmas Season!

09/22/2026

09/17/2026

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08/31/2026

During an incredibly difficult time for the family, friends, and fellow officers of Sgt. Nick Risner, we want them to know that the William Porter Foundation is standing with them and keeping them close in our thoughts and prayers.

As the trial surrounding Sgt. Risner’s line-of-duty passing is underway, his family is once again being asked to walk through circumstances no family should ever have to endure. Yet, even in the middle of their own pain, they are still thinking about others—something that so perfectly reflects the kind of person Sgt. Risner was.

Our connection to the Risner family makes this especially meaningful to us. Directly following Sgt. Risner’s passing, his brother and daughter chose to honor his memory by donating dozens of bicycles to the William Porter Foundation for local children at Christmas. At a time when their own family was experiencing unimaginable grief, they chose to bring joy to children in need. We have never forgotten that generosity.

And now, during another incredibly difficult chapter, they are once again thinking of others.

We are deeply honored that Sippin’ Pretty and the Risner family have chosen the William Porter Foundation to receive 100% of the proceeds from every Sierra 1 sold through December 11. These funds will help us provide Christmas assistance to children throughout Lauderdale, Colbert, and Franklin Counties.

We have heard story after story about Sgt. Risner quietly helping others—including using his own money to make sure children had Christmas gifts when he knew they might otherwise go without. He didn’t do those things for recognition. Giving to others was simply who he was.

His family continuing that same spirit of generosity is a beautiful reminder that his Legacy of Love lives on.

To the Risner family: thank you for thinking of children in our community even while carrying such a tremendous burden yourselves. Please know that the William Porter Foundation stands with you. We support you. We are praying for your family, and we will continue to honor the legacy of a man who spent his life serving and caring for others.

💙 Love like Nick. Give like Nick. Remember Nick. 💙

Alright y’all… y’all REALLY showed out for the Risner family and for Nick’s honor with helping get the mural sealing taken care of. 💙 That goal was met faster than we ever expected!🫶🏻

So now, here’s where the proceeds from Sierra 1 will be going next. From now through December 11th, 100% of the proceeds from every Sierra 1 sold will be donated to the William Porter Foundation in Nick’s honor. 💙

This cause is especially close to Nicks daughter Aili’s heart, too. 💙 She has personally given back to the William Porter Foundation before, including purchasing several bicycles for children in need. Knowing this is something she has already chosen to support makes it feel even more meaningful to carry Sierra 1 forward this way in honor of her dad.

The William Porter Foundation helps provide Christmas assistance to local children and families across Lauderdale, Colbert, and Franklin Counties, and we truly can’t think of a better way to continue honoring Nick than by giving back to the community and helping make Christmas a little brighter for local kids.

Y’all showed up BIG for the mural… now let’s see what we can do for these babies in Nicks honor. 💙

Say his name. Sgt. Nick Risner.
One drink. One community. One big impact. 💙

12/22/2025

Bank Independent has been such a blessing to the William Porter Foundation. We appreciate their hard work each year and their contribution of gifts to the children in the community.

Bank Independent’s annual Toy Share Drive once again delivered holiday cheer to children across North Alabama, collecting 2,924 toys and raising $2,763.99 in cash during the 2025 drive.

12/14/2025

🎄 Grateful Beyond Words 🎄

The William Porter Foundation Christmas Toy Store was a beautiful reminder of what happens when a community comes together with open hearts. Because of your generosity, compassion, and willingness to serve, 625 children across three counties will experience the joy and magic of Christmas.

We are deeply thankful for our dedicated Board of Directors—Kimberly Wright, Samantha Credille, Kim Boyer, Elizabeth Gamble, Robert Strickland, Justin Wright, and Adam Gamble—whose leadership, vision, and tireless commitment make this mission possible year after year.

To our donors, your generosity turned wish lists into gifts. To our volunteers, your time and kindness transformed a warehouse into a place of hope and joy. Every shelf stocked, every smile shared, and every car loaded carried the reminder that love in action changes lives.

This was more than a toy store—it was a reflection of what is possible when people choose compassion, generosity, and service. Thank you for being the reason Christmas will be brighter for hundreds of children. 💙✨