December 2023
2023 Save-A-Christmas Shopping Day
Past event
December 2023
2023 was the first year of the relocated event. Rather than gathering at Christian Family Care HQ, volunteers met at Desert Ridge Marketplace and then accompanied staff to pick up the children from foster homes across the greater Phoenix area. The shopping trip and gift distribution followed the same paired-volunteer model as prior years.
Day-of schedule
What happens, when
These times are estimates — the schedule shifts with the bus pickup time each year. Volunteers receive the confirmed start time via the BAND group ahead of the event.
- 10:00 AM
- Volunteers arrive at Desert Ridge (behind the AMC) for bus pickup
- 10:15 AM
- Load volunteers onto the bus and head out
- 10:45 AM
- Bus arrives to pick up foster children and pair them with their volunteers
- 11:15 AM
- Arrive at the shopping center — shopping experience begins
- 12:00 PM
- Checkout; load children and volunteers back onto the bus
- 12:15 PM
- Bus returns to the foster homes for a closing prayer and gift delivery
- 12:30 PM
- Group photo; volunteers load back onto the bus
- 1:00 PM
- Bus returns to Desert Ridge — dropoff and farewell
Where
Desert Ridge Marketplace (volunteer rendezvous)
Desert Ridge Marketplace, behind the AMC — Phoenix, AZ
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