Our Story
The Christmas Box International partners with communities worldwide to prevent child abuse and improve the quality of life for at-risk children. These children are victims of abuse, neglect, trafficking, homelessness, or other risks no child should face.
Our mission is simple: every child deserves a childhood.
In 1996, founder and New York Times best-selling author Richard Paul Evans created a safe place for Utah’s children, a Christmas Box House, naming the charity after his first novel, The Christmas Box.
In 2018, we served 10,474 at-risk children. We have completed building our emergency children’s shelters, and we continue to grow our programs. Our programs aim to help at-risk youth by providing a Merry Christmas morning to serving teens transitioning out of foster care. We are always striving to do more, and we need your help.
Staff
Celeste Edmunds
Executive Director
celeste@thechristmasbox.org
Heather McVey
Finance and Development Manager
heatherm@thechristmasbox.org
801-747-2201 ext. 106
Kristin Jensen
Programs Resource Specialist
kristin@thechristmasbox.org
801-747-2201 ext. 107
Julia Jensen
Office Assistant (part-time)
Christmas Box House Locations
Salt Lake Christmas Box House
3660 So. West Temple
SLC, UT 84115
Ogden Christmas Box House
950 12th Street
Ogden, UT 84404
Moab Christmas Box House
180 So. 300 E., Ste 1
Moab, UT 84532