Project Wee Care
Providing Hope to 322 nominated families thru food, gifts and a family event during the holidays
Project Wee Care 2025 North Pole Family Event Day is December 13 when we provide Holiday Hope to our 322 nominated families. The family event features Santa, Mrs Santa, photo opportunities, eye screening, crafts, kids picking gifts for parents, and connections to needed services for food, diapers, clothing, beds, and other services. Families will leave with food, gifts for all family members, new connections and HOPE.
About 180 volunteers over three shifts will provide Hope to our families. The families were nominated by the Millard Public Schools.
Since 2006 when the Millard Business Association adopted this project, over 20,700 total family members have been served, including almost 1600 in 2024.
An organizing committee works year round to prepare for the project that culminates December 13 with the North Pole Event Day. Waters Edge Church, 19600 Harrison, hosts the North Pole. Individuals, civic organizations, Churches, and businesses participate by adopting families to shop for gifts; provide financial support for gifts, food and food vouchers; volunteer; donate gift cards/vouchers; or provide important services in support of the project.
Project Wee Care partners with the Millard Public Schools to identify families needing support and a ‘handup’ for the holidays.
We need your help to make Project Wee Care 2025 a success. That help can be in the form of Adopting to Shop for families, providing financial support, donating gift cards/vouchers, doing a drive for gift wrapping supplies, providing important services, volunteering or serving on the organizing team.
Links below will take you to signups to become a part of Project Wee Care.
Project Wee Care 2025 North Pole Event is scheduled for Saturday, December 13.
- Adopt to Shop for a youth(s) to buy gifts for: You choose how many youth you would like to purchase gifts for, we’ll provide suggestions for your specific youth(s). Our suggestion is $75 per child.
- Sponsor a Family. Financial support will allow us to purchase food, food vouchers and gifts for youth and parents instead of you shopping. $75 buys gifts for a child, $100 buys food and a food voucher for a small family, $150 for a medium family, and $200 for a large family. You can also do a “Support a Nominated Family” for $300, which provides food and gifts for youth and parents/guardians, for a family of four.
- Volunteer at North Pole 2025. Volunteers are needed to help in the week (December 6-10) leading up to the North Pole Family Event Day to accept gifts from sponsors, setup the North Pole, and wrap gifts.
- North Pole Family Event Day. Saturday, December 13, 9 AM to 3 PM. We're asking the first shift of volunteers to arrive before 8:30 AM. This volunteer opportunity is for adults only.
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Volunteer at events prior to the North Pole Event in support of Project Wee Care:
Nebraska Diaper Bank diaper wrapping
Heartland Hope Mission bagging food
Target Volunteer Shopping for nominated families