Project History

This is one of KHK's Signature Projects. Our volunteers work year round to collect thousands of toys and gifts to stock the shelves at KHK's Annual Gift of Giving. This project allows underserved children in our community to shop for gifts that they would like to give to others. There is just something special about getting and giving gifts around the holidays and we want every child to experience that magic!

The annual “Gift of Giving” project started in 2013 when a team of 5th grade kids, led by Ethan Lange, talked about their love of getting and giving gifts around the holidays. So the seed of this idea grew into the Annual Gift of Giving and we now collect thousands of new or gently used gifts for kids to shop for their loved ones free of charge. KHK partners with many schools and businesses to collect these gifts. In the beginning of December, we start to sort and organize the gifts and then we set up the pop up store open to the public at The Boys and Girls Club. In 2019, we had over 675 youth guests and placed over 5,000 gifts in local homes for the holidays!