KOMO 4
TV News Segment · December 25, 2025
Kindness in action: 22,000+ gifts wrapped and delivered by North Pole volunteers
KOMO 4 reports from the North Pole warehouse as volunteers wrap 22,000+ gifts for Christmas delivery.
The Forgotten Children’s Fund has been covered by Seattle’s major television stations and by newspapers across Western Washington for nearly five decades.
1976
Founded
400k+
Gifts delivered
19k+
Families served
100%
Volunteer run
The only one of its kind
Not a toy in a bin. Not a gift card in the mail. Santa himself, in a child’s living room at Christmas, calling them by name, knowing what they hoped for, staying while they open a present. For a family in a hard season, it is proof that they are seen, and it is a memory that outlasts every toy. We have delivered that moment, family by family, for 50 years strong.
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Fifteen red-suited Santas stepped onto the tee at Sahalee Country Club for the world’s first Santa Claus Open — every dollar raised delivering gifts to Seattle families and seniors.
“Golfing Santas raise money for kids” · By Darrell Glover
From the archives · Seattle P-I · December 25, 1992
Christmas morning, front page: Santa Doug Moeller and the Forgotten Children’s Fund elves surprise Seattle kids with gifts on Christmas Eve — “This is so exciting. Can I open it?”
By Angelo Bruscas · P-I Reporter
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