Project Joy
Join us to make the season bright for Greenville County students and their families.
Project Joy was launched in 2020 to help make the season bright for families in our community by alleviating some of the burden of the holiday season and fulfilling a wish list of essential items. While most holiday programs focus on younger children, Project Joy specifically seeks to respond to the unmet needs of older students and their families.
In 2023, we doubled our impact, providing gifts and essential items for more than 700 Greenville County kids. We look forward to an incredible 2024, and we hope you’ll join us!
You must register or be logged into your volunteer account to view opportunities.
Volunteers are needed to shop, wrap, sort and pack gifts for delivery. Sign up to join us for a couple of hours during the following shifts:
Friday, Dec. 13, 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 14, 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 16, 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 17, 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Your gift to Project Joy will be used to purchase gifts for families left unselected.
Project Joy FAQs
Click here to select a family to support this year (you must register or log into your volunteer account). You can also make a monetary gift here.
We accept families recommended via Greenville County Schools. Please reach out to your school’s social worker to be recommended.
Each family is different, but we recommend budgeting approximately $75-$100 per student to meet their clothing, personal care and miscellaneous needs.
Gifts may be delivered to United Way of Greenville County, located at 105 Edinburgh Court, Greenville, SC 29607 by Dec. 12.
Yes! Gift receipts are not required, but certainly help if the gift — like clothing or shoes — doesn’t fit.
Yes, please wrap your gifts before delivering to United Way. We recommend wrapping gifts as individually as possible — because who doesn’t love to open a bunch of presents? Just be sure to label all gifts (see next question).
It is important that you label each gift with the family number (and specific child within that family if applicable) to avoid any potential mix-up during distribution. Please wrap and label gifts as follows: Family A5/Child 1, Family A5, Child 2, etc.
Click here to select a family to support this year (you must register or log into your volunteer account). You can also make a monetary gift here.
Log into your volunteer account, hover over the “FOR VOLUNTEERS” drop menu, go to “MY ACCOUNT,” the click on “MY DONATIONS.” Your selected families will appear. Click “View Details” to pull up the wishlist.
Should you need to unregister, we recommend you make a monetary gift to Project Joy to help ensure the needs of the family are met.
Still have questions? Complete the form below to connect with us:
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS FOR MAKING PROJECT JOY POSSIBLE:
