Foresthill Community Christmas Basket

12/15/2025

December 12, 2025

COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS BASKET UPDATE

Dear ForestHill Community,

We have decided to take a hiatus this year from Christmas Baskets. There were several relevant concerns, the primary one being financial, along with personal availability with key persons to this program. This was not an easy or quick decision.

Our main sponsors, Canyon View Church & Sons of the American Legion, have faithfully and graciously each given $1000 to the annual Community Christmas Baskets for years. There are many others who have supported the program faithfully year after year. But, for the past 5 years the community givers have become less & less. I believe it's due in part to the similar efforts popping up in the community which serves either to spread the giving farther or offer opportunities for potential duplication, and for Christmas Baskets it seems to have diminished donations. Last year the program was able to buy the Worton's Gift Cards due to a reserve dollar amount that has been held in the event we should experience just what we did last year.

I have always been big on stats and last year approx. 80% of our participants noted receiving from other programs, even some in Auburn. We do understand when families feel desperation during holidays, but our gift side of the program served more than 50% to grandchildren not living in the household.

This year I've seen more programs and/or community members posting in the Foresthill pages for sign-ups as well as solicitations for dollar support. Putting all this information together, it seems a good time for a hiatus to watch how things work out for the community; reconsider the possibilities moving forward; take a hard look at if the need is still there for the annual Community Christmas Baskets; lastly to take a big breath and listen for Christ's direction. This would have been the 44th year from the very first Christmas Baskets when the Memorial Hall hosted the gathering of goods & gifts with the ForestHill Fire Dept making home deliveries in a firetruck. It's been an amazing project with an amazing community of really great neighbors helping neighbors.

Thank you, Merry Christmas & God Bless you all!
​​Vicki / Head Elf
& all our faithful volunteer Elves,
so many over 44 years.
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12/21/2024

If you filled out an application, we will see you tomorrow!

12/21/2024

You may have seen this flyer around town.
Thank you to all the Foresthill businesses for posting your support for this community program including:
- Canyon View Assembly Church
- Dollar General
- Dragon Boat
- Foresthill Bakery
- Foresthill Library
- Foresthill Messenger
- Foresthill Post Office
- Grants Hardware
- Sebastian Telephone Company
- Sierra Mini Mart
- The Outpost at Miner’s Camp
- Valero Mini Mart
- Worton’s Market

12/06/2024

The Foresthill Community Christmas Basket donation box is ready at the Dollar General!

11/23/2024

Applications should be available on Monday. Locations where they will be available will be posted once distributed. More updates coming soon...

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11/13/2024

❗UPDATE: We are down to 100 and getting closer to our goal!❗
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Friends, partners, and community members, we need your help!
The Foresthill Community Christmas Basket (FCCB) program needs donations to continue serving our community. In past years, our online outreach was a success thanks to your generosity, and we are hoping to have the same success in our 2024 fundraising efforts.

We are looking for 200 people to commit to donating $25 each. With your help, we can continue to serve the members of our community in need.

There are two ways to donate.
1. You can drop your donation off any time in the Drop Box for phone bills at the Sebastian Telephone Company in Foresthill and specify your donation is "for food" as they also are taking toy donations.
2. Write a check Payable To: "Foresthill Community Services" and mail your check donation to Foresthill Community Christmas Basket PO Box 108 Foresthill, CA 95631. Please have your envelope postmarked by Saturday, 12/7/2024 so we receive your donation in time for the 2024 giveaway.

The Foresthill Community Christmas Basket (FCCB) program is 100% volunteer based. All proceeds go directly to supporting the Foresthill Community, and we are in our 43rd year of serving.

We will regularly post the status of our fund-raising progress. Please spread the word!

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11/08/2024

Stay tuned... updates for the 2024 season coming soon.

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12/01/2023

42 years!

12/01/2023

Flyers are going up and applications are available now at Sebastian. Knock on the door or call 367-2222 8:00-5:00 Monday through Friday.

Applications should be available December 1 at Valero, Foresthill Library, Grant Hardware, and Foresthill Library and at Canyon View by the weekend. Very quick turn around this year with applications due or postmarked by December 8.