Create Your Own Treehouse Event

Turning your passion into action

From organizations with branches around the globe, to the kindergartner across the street from your house, people everywhere are figuring out how to leverage their relationships to support kids in foster care.

Here are some creative examples of how community members are changing lives while having fun:

Lemonade Stand
Isabella, 9, sold lemonade to raise money for Treehouse as part of the Crayons All Natural Beverage Company Pink Lemonade Brigade, a national one-day event to encourage children to raise money for local nonprofits. Isabella raised enough to provide for a month of swim lessons or instrument rental for a Treehouse kid.

Cook Book
Jill and Micaela are a mother-daughter team who love to cook. They decided to try their hand at raising a little dough for the kids at Treehouse. Their love of cooking inspired their cookbook idea. They asked their friends and family to donate their favorite recipes. They compiled these recipes into an inspirational cookbook that they sold. It was so much fun for them that they are working on a second edition.

Casual Friday
For staff in the Seattle office of Marsh USA, casual Friday is more than a fashion statement – it’s an opportunity to change lives in their community. Marsh employees who choose to wear jeans on Fridays pay five dollars into the Denim Days fund. Each month, a local charity is selected from employee suggestions to receive the fund. Treehouse was the lucky beneficiary of a denim dividend!

Party for a Cause
From office holiday parties to company picnics, you can easily add an element of community support to an event your company already puts on!  At Chateau Ste. Michelle in Woodinville, they have a giant company picnic at the end of the summer.  The highlight of the event is a wine bottle ring toss, where staff line up for hours to participate.  Through this simple carnival game, they raise awareness and funds for kids in foster care.

Food, the Universal Motivator
Some employees hold bake sales, some hold holiday cookie contests, but the University of Phoenix offered up a full fiesta for their staff and students at three different campuses.  By getting food donated by local stores, and offering a simple but popular offering of nachos, they were able to make a huge impact in just one evening!

Got an idea, but not sure where to start?

We're here to support you, so let us know how you'd like to help kids in foster care! Email drives@treehouseforkids.org or call Lindsay at 206-267-5109