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The Forgotten Children’s Fund, Est. 1976
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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

Vintage typewriter with a Santa hat
Fifty years of headlines, one story.

The only one of its kind

We are the only organization that sends Santa and his elves to a child’s own front door.

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.

FCF President Greg Bakke as Santa — in person, every Christmas season.

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KOMO 4

TV News Segment · December 25, 2025

22,000+gifts wrapped on camera
Christmasevery gift delivered in time
100%volunteer Santas and elves

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.

From the archives · Seattle P-I

“Will the real Santa Claus please tee off?”

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

Newspaper clipping: Golfing Santas raise money for kids, Seattle P-I
Seattle Post-Intelligencer front page, December 25, 1992: A special visit makes kids' day

From the archives · Seattle P-I · December 25, 1992

“A special visit makes kids’ day”

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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