The Elf Louise Christmas Project is dedicated to providing a little bit of joy to Bexar County's less fortunate children. Get into the spirit of Christmas! Join Elf Louise volunteers in spreading joy throughout San Antonio! In 2006, more than 4,500 Elf Louise volunteers wrapped and delivered presents to 21,000 children in 5,500 families! The project began in 1969 when it's founder, Louise Locker, was a student at Trinity University in San Antonio. She found that for many San Antonio families, Christmas just did not exist. Louise began to look for a way to provide a few Christmas presents to some of these children. That first year, with the help of a friend, she collected gifts for children in 13 families. The Elf Louise Christmas Project is a 501 (C)(3) Non-profit organization staffed by all volunteers and funded by donation. 98 cents of each dollar donated goes directly to the purchase of toys, approximately 2% is used for telephone, postage, and insurance expenses.

Elf Louise relies on the help of donations from grass roots San Antonio, and corporations who want to share their blessings at Christmas. People also donate toys, but since we need over 60,000 gifts, we have to purchase many of them. Our current budget is over $300,000. These donations ARE 100% deductible on your taxes!!!

The Project operates out of donated space located anywhere within the city and requires about 50,000 square feet. Each year, we must find space to continue this worthwhile project. Our 2007 Project location is the Tri-Point Building, 3233 N. St Mary's, San Antonio TX  78212.

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