Annual holiday drive seeks toys for kids in foster care
By Jeanette DeDios
December 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM MST
This Saturday the nonprofit Foster Alliance and Children, Youth & Families Department are partnering to host their annual holiday toy drive to support children in foster care.
This statewide initiative is helping to bring joy through donated toys to children in the state and tribal foster care systems.
The Foster Alliance is encouraging community members, businesses, and organizations to host toy drives, donate unwrapped new toys, or shop from the Foster Alliance’s Amazon wish list.
Stephanie Juarez, program manager for The Foster Alliance, said it’s important to donate to foster youth.
“We're seeing a lot of smaller-age children going into care and we just want to be able to provide that moment of joy during this holiday season especially,” she said.
She said the holiday toy drive event will be like a Christmas wonderland.
“We'll have Santa there,” she said. “There will be a toy station. There will be some appetizers, some food for families to enjoy while they browse around.”
The holiday toy drive event is already sold out, but the organization is still accepting toy donations.
This statewide initiative is helping to bring joy through donated toys to children in the state and tribal foster care systems.
The Foster Alliance is encouraging community members, businesses, and organizations to host toy drives, donate unwrapped new toys, or shop from the Foster Alliance’s Amazon wish list.
Stephanie Juarez, program manager for The Foster Alliance, said it’s important to donate to foster youth.
“We're seeing a lot of smaller-age children going into care and we just want to be able to provide that moment of joy during this holiday season especially,” she said.
She said the holiday toy drive event will be like a Christmas wonderland.
“We'll have Santa there,” she said. “There will be a toy station. There will be some appetizers, some food for families to enjoy while they browse around.”
The holiday toy drive event is already sold out, but the organization is still accepting toy donations.