SUB FOR SANTA
Great News: All Families Have Been Matched!
But the season isn’t over yet! If you’d still like to help, you can sign up as a stand-by sponsor to step in if any last-minute needs arise. Your support will ensure that every family wishing for Christmas gets the joy they deserve.
All donations not used for Sub for Santa go directly into United Way programs that help people thrive all year round—like our community centers and strategic initiatives supporting education, health, and financial stability.
Give Help
For over 35 years, United Way of Utah County’s Sub for Santa has coordinated with local schools and nonprofits to provide gifts for children in Utah County. These gifts include books, educational toys, and winter clothes. Last year over 4,700 children from 1,665 families were served by generous community sponsors. United Way’s Sub for Santa and Angel Tree also serves foster teens and senior citizens who may not have family to spend the holidays with.
Sponsoring a family provides the opportunity to select a whole family in need, contact the family, shop for each family member, and deliver the gifts directly to the family. We require 2-3 new articles of clothing, 1-2 new toys, and 3-5 new books for each child in the family.
If you would like more information about sponsoring, read our FAQs for sponsoring a family.
Christmas gifts beyond toys: Sub for Santa plus is a new way to help families in need. The purpose of Sub for Santa plus is to provide additional resources after the holiday season ends to families receiving Sub for Santa assistance. You can donate to provide therapy, medical care, housing help, and much more.
Donated goods are used to help fulfill children’s Christmas wishes. We only accept NEW books, toys, clothes for children and teens. We are especially in need of donations of new books and teen gift items.
Bring donations to our main office at 148 N 100 W, Provo, UT 84601.
Volunteers can help by assisting families as they apply for the program, sorting Angel tree gifts, delivering gifts, and picking up gifts from the Angel Tree store locations.
If you would like to sponsor an individual, consider sponsoring an Angel Tree child. This involves picking up a name from one of our Angel Tree locations, shopping for the child, and bringing the presents back to the pick up location. Angel Tree Locations are:
- Smith’s Marketplaces: Lehi, Saratoga Springs, Springville (Close December 13th)
- University Place Giving Tree (Closes December 16th)
Presents will be delivered by volunteers. You will not have any contact with the family.
A Golden Angel is an elderly adult or an adult with a disability who does not have any support. Sponsors can pick one of our Angel Tree locations (Smith’s Market Places) or the Giving Tree (Located at University Mall), or sign up online to sponsor a Golden Angel (Please specify in the sponsor notes if you would prefer a Golden Angel).
Frequently Asked questions
Please call or text 801-356-6200 if you have not received a notification within two weeks of attending an open house. Leave your first and last name, full address, phone number and the date of the open house you attended. A Sub for Santa staff member will contact you.
The online application is an essential step in applying for Sub for Santa. If you don’t have a computer or don’t feel comfortable filling out an application online, start by asking a family member or friend for help in filling out the application. If you still need assistance, please call or text 801-356-6200 to explain your situation.
Your login account is associated with the email address you used last year. If you forgot which email address you used, call or text 801-356-6200 and Sub for Santa staff can help you. If you cannot remember your password, there is a “Request Password” link on the bottom of the applicant login page.
Please call or text 801-356-6200 and leave your full name, old address and phone along with the new information. We will update your information on our records and will give your sponsor your new information.
If you are caring for children that are not your own, you will be required to show documentation of legal guardianship.
We have a dedicated line depending on your inquiry.
Applicants please call 801-356-6200.
Sponsors please call 801-356-6300.
