For parents & guardians
Register a child
Check eligibility, gather what you need, and complete one clear application.
Registration informationThe 2026 program is currently closed. Registration returns in October.
Neighbour helping neighbour since 2021
A little holiday magic goes a long way.
Storms Miracle Tree connects local families with generous sponsors across Kingston and surrounding communities.
Choose your path
What brings you here today?
Start a family application, sponsor a child directly, or send a needed item through the seasonal Amazon Wishlist.
For community sponsors
Choose a wishlist
Browse available children, add wishlists to your request basket, and submit once.
Browse wishlists
Send a needed item
Shop the Amazon Wishlist
Help children still waiting for sponsors or provide popular items used to fill gaps across wishlists.
How it works
Simple steps. Real local impact.
Families register
Parents or guardians privately submit a child’s information and wishlist.
Sponsors choose
Anonymous wishlists are requested and checked by a volunteer before purchase.
Gifts come home
New, unwrapped gifts are dropped off, organized, and shared before Christmas.
More ways to help
Useful donations make every gift go further.
Choose a direct contribution, help families wrap gifts at home, or give reusable bags a second life.
Family wrapping station
Donate wrapping supplies
Help stock the family donation bin with gift bags, wrapping paper, tissue paper, tape, bows, and name tags.
Families may take the supplies they need when collecting their gifts.
Find a drop-off location
Practical and reusable
Donate reusable grocery bags
Reusable bags replace disposable gift bags for organizing each child’s unwrapped gifts. They cost the program less, reduce waste, and remain useful for groceries, school, or everyday errands.
Please donate clean bags in good condition.
Where to bring bagsA growing local effort
660 children received support in 2025.
Courtnie Storms leads the program with help from family, friends, local businesses, and volunteers. Hughson Group provides staging space and sponsors 100 children each year, while Jessica Hellard Real Estate coordinates deliveries.
Transparent giving
Storms Miracle Tree is a community program and does not issue charitable donation receipts. Gifts and funds go toward supporting registered children, filling wishlist gaps, and operating the seasonal program.
For local businesses
Interested in hosting a gift drop-off location?
Help families in your area by providing a safe, public collection point with regular opening hours and temporary gift storage.
Before applying: Location hosts must arrange to transfer collected gifts to a main drop-off location or directly to Napanee, where gifts are processed.
Ask about becoming a location host
Community partners
Local businesses helping make it happen.
From our community
Our community
More than 2,600 children supported since 2021.
What began as a small effort to quietly fulfill a few wishlists has grown through local families, sponsors, volunteers, and businesses choosing to show up for one another.
Read our story