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.

Board of Directors

Richard Paul Evans

Author & Founder – Chairman of the Board of Directors,
President and CEO of The Christmas Box International

Lynn Taylor

Businessman
Finance and Audit Committee Chair,
Member Executive Committee

Karen Williams

Larry H. & Gail Miller Family Foundation

Staff

Richard Paul Evans

President and CEO

Barry Evans

Facilities Manager
barry@thechristmasbox.org

Christmas Box House Locations

Christmas Box Resource Room Locations

Sandy Christmas Box Room

Division of Child & Family Services (DCFS) Office
10008 Creek Run Way
Sandy, UT 84070