Empty Stocking Fund

Making Christmas Merry

For decades, the Empty Stocking Fund has done just the opposite of its name.

It has filled stockings.

Empty Stocking Fund Valdosta Logo

No child in Valdosta should wake up to an empty stocking on Christmas morning.

The Empty Stocking Fund brings our community together to make sure local children in need are remembered, celebrated, and surprised with gifts on Christmas Day.

OUR MISSION

The Empty Stocking Fund helps provide Christmas toys and gifts for children in Valdosta and the surrounding area who might otherwise go without.

Working alongside trusted community partners, we connect the generosity of neighbors, businesses, churches, and civic groups with local families who need a little help during the holidays. Every contribution, large or small, goes directly toward putting gifts in the hands of children and smiles on their faces.

WHY YOUR DONATION MATTERS

Your gift does more than buy a toy. It:

  • Helps a child feel seen, loved, and remembered at Christmas

  • Brings relief and joy to local families facing financial hardship

  • Keeps a long-standing Valdosta Christmas tradition alive

  • Shows our community’s children that their hometown cares about them

For many families, these gifts are the only ones their children will receive. Your donation turns worry into wonder and empty stockings into memories they will never forget.

Make Donating Part of Your Christmas Tradition

For many Valdosta families, supporting the Empty Stocking Fund is as much a part of Christmas as decorating the tree or sending cards.

This year, will you join them?

Your kindness today helps ensure that no child in our community finds an empty stocking this Christmas.

Please give to the Empty Stocking Fund.

GIFTS YOUR DONATION PURCHASED

Derrek Vaughn | The Valdosta Daily TimesThe Salvation Army gave away hundreds of toys Monday morning thanks to the Empty Stocking Fund.
Captain Judy Hoong, said, ‘I always say that this is something that we get to do. Being able to bring happiness and smiles to children on Christmas is our joy.’
Salvation Army of Valdosta hands out hundreds of toys as part of the Empty Stocking Fund.
Valdosta-Lowndes County Retired Educators Association donated toys to the Salvation Army of Valdosta for the annual Empty Stocking Fund.

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