Tualatin's holiday season has a giving side worth joining.
From the Kiwanis food barrels at local stores to toy drives and city volunteer days, giving back around Tualatin is easy to fit into a busy season. Here is where to donate and volunteer near 22379 SW 107th Ave from November through December 2026.
Tualatin's community calendar fills with giving opportunities as the holidays approach: the Kiwanis food drive, the Toy and Joy program with Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue, the Red Sled Market's food drive for the Oregon Food Bank, and city volunteer days all run between early November and mid-December. Most of them accept donations any time, but the seasonal pushes make November the month when participation peaks.
Whether you have groceries to spare, unwrapped toys to drop off, or simply an hour on a weekend, there is a low-friction way to help. The list below leans on the established, recurring programs that Tualatin neighbors count on year after year.
Food drives
Fill a barrel, fill a sled, feed a neighbor.
The Tualatin Food Pantry, also known as the Tualatin Schoolhouse Pantry, sits at 3550 SW Borland Rd in the lower level of Rolling Hills Community Church, minutes from 22379 SW 107th Ave. An Oregon Food Bank partner agency, it takes food donations and volunteers year-round, and it is the destination for the holiday barrels that appear around town each November.
The Tualatin Kiwanis Holiday Food Drive has run since the 1980s: Kiwanis places food barrels at local retail stores and businesses each November and December, collects the donations, and delivers them to the pantry. Shop at your usual market, drop a few cans in the barrel on the way out, and you have done the season's easiest good deed. The food pantry's own Get Involved page lists the ongoing volunteer roles, from pantry hosts to drivers who pick up store donations weekly.
Close to home, the Red Sled Market on Nyberg Road pairs holiday shopping with its Fill the Sled food drive for the Oregon Food Bank all season, from Halloween through Christmas Eve. It is a cheerful middle ground: buy a gift from a local maker and add a grocery item to the sled on the way out.
Toy drives
New, unwrapped, and on its way to a kid.
KGW's Great Toy Drive collects new, unwrapped toys at businesses across the metro each holiday season, with past Tualatin-area sites including Team Rehab of Bridgeport and DPI Specialty Foods Northwest, and deadlines landing in mid-December. The Tualatin Chamber of Commerce and local banks also keep toy-collection barrels each year.
Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue's Toy and Joy program is the local fire district's annual gift drive for area children, run by crews and the Tualatin Valley Volunteer Firefighters Association. Each December, neighbors drop new toys and gifts at fire stations, and the association sorts and distributes them to families across the district, which includes Tualatin. It is a tradition that makes a station visit feel like part of the holiday.
Volunteer days
Give time, not just things.
The City of Tualatin runs a day of family volunteering on National Family Volunteer Day, Saturday, November 21, with park cleanups and community projects designed so children can take part. It is the easiest introduction to service for young families, and it pairs well with the city's ongoing Put Down Roots planting days, which continue this fall along the Tualatin River and Saum Creek.
Year-round, the city's volunteer program places neighbors at the Juanita Pohl Center, the library, parks, and community events, while nearby nonprofits like Love INC of Tigard, Tualatin and Sherwood and Family Promise of Tualatin Valley recruit volunteers to serve neighbors in need all winter. Packed with Pride, a shopping-model pantry for Tigard-Tualatin School District families at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Tigard, is another local stop for donations and help.
A note on timing
Confirm dates before you head out.
The 2026 dates for some recurring drives are announced closer to the season, so check each organizer's page for exact barrel placement, collection deadlines, and drop-off hours before you go. The food pantry, which operates year-round, is always the safest bet: donations and volunteers are needed in every season, not just the holidays. It is one more reason Tualatin feels like a town that looks after its own.
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Neighbors who show up for each other.
A town with a food pantry, a fire-district toy drive, and volunteer days on the calendar is a town people stay in. 22379 SW 107th Ave is minutes from Rolling Hills, the fire district's stations, and the parks where the city's volunteer crews work. Paul Knighton of MORE Realty can show you the house and introduce you to the community around it.
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