Find a list of charities and churches in Tulsa Oklahoma that provide free holiday help, including Christmas toys for kids, food boxes, presents and more. Households with children and seniors in Tulsa County can receive assistance at Christmas or Thanksgiving as well as other major holidays.
This post will be updated as more resources become available.
Loaves & Fishes
Address: 11321 E 19th St, Tulsa, OK 74128.
Phone number is (918) 234-8577
Mostly Thanksgiving and Christmas food is offered. There may be some free toys for young children or working poor families or those facing a crisis in Tulsa.
Salvation Army Center in Broken Arrow
Address: 1400 W Washington St., Broken Arrow, OK 74012.
Phone: 918-258-7545
There are other locations of the Salvation Army too, as noted below. They offer counseling, Angel Tree gift programs, Thanksgiving and other meals, counseling, and much more. Or apply for Salvation Army Adopt a Family program for free Christmas presents, games, and even Thanksgiving turkeys.
Bixby Outreach Center
Address: 77 E Breckenridge Ave, Bixby, Oklahoma 74008.
Phone - (918) 366-9226
The charity only helps residents in Mounds, Haskell, Kiefer, Bixby, Glenpool, Jenks, Leonard, and Liberty
Tulsa Dream Center
Address: 200 W 46th St N, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74106.
Phone: (918) 430-9984
A Christmas Giveaway is available from the faith-based charity. Single mothers or dads, the unemployed, working poor and others in Tulsa County can get free Christmas gifts, books, educational games and other goods.
Skiatook Emergency Assistance Center
319 Rogers Blvd, Skiatook, Oklahoma 74070.
Phone: (918) 396-1137
Church at Battle Creek
3025 N Aspen Ave, Broken Arrow, OK 74012.
Phone: 918-355-3699
Tulsa Department Family and Children's Services
(918) 587-9471
A local Santa Shop provides support to children. Residents are able to “adopt-a-family” for the Christmas season. They can be provided clothing, gifts, toys, hats, household items, and more. Whatever someone wants to donate to a struggling Tulsa County family will be greatly appreciated. Of particular focus is on the disabled or families with someone having a mental illness, but others can register. They also provide free Christmas help to kids in child custody, and this is part of Tulsa Advocates for the Protection of Children. The phone number for this service is 918-742-4947 or 918-587-9471.
First Baptist Church
52 E 145th St S, Glenpool, Oklahoma 74033.
Main phone: (918) 322-5229
A Christmas shopping room is offered to clients. There may be shoes, games, coats, toys, stocking stuffers) and more.
Lutheran Church of the Prince of Peace - Jolly Christmas Store
Address is 2330 N Quaker Ave, Tulsa, OK 74106.
Main phone - (918) 425-4765
*They only cover families in zip codes of 74126, 74106, 74115, and 74127.
Tulsa County Toys for Tots in Tulsa County area.
Serves children 14 and under. Register online, at the primary website for this Christmas program. Non-profits collect new toys and give them to teenagers, children, and less fortunate families. There may be games, books, clothes, shoes, video games, toy trucks or dolls, legos, tablets and so much more.
Broken Arrow Neighbors
Address: 315 W College St, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74012.
Phone - (918) 251-7781
Holiday food is offered. There will be both free Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets with groceries, turkeys, and the charity may have referrals to Christmas toy programs in Tulsa County. Or kids can get free stocking stuffers. The help is for families in a crisis.
John 3:16 Mission
Address: 2027 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Tulsa, OK 74106.
Phone: 918-592-1186
They only have free, hot meals. The homeless in Tulsa County, poor and others can get free Easter, Thanksgiving or Christmas good baskets.
Salvation Army downtown Tulsa
102 N Denver, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Second Site: 601 North Main Street
Phone: 918-582-7201.
Financial aid, shelters, Thanksgiving meals, and Christmas assistance is all provided. Free clothes, small toys, dolls for girls or tucks for boys, and more may be offered. The Salvation Army in Tulsa operates Angel Tree for kids, gives parents free gift cards, and serves Thanksgiving or Christmas food baskets. More on Tulsa County Salvation Army free programs.
Stutts House Barbecue
2021 E Apache St, Tulsa, OK 74110.
Phone: (918) 428-2355
A small number of meals are served, including deliveries to senior citizens and the homebound.
Larry Love Ministry (Toys for Tots)
Address: 1320 N Mill St, Muskogee, OK 74401.
Phone: 918-533-9750
The Toys for Tots affiliated agency helps coordinates Christmas gifts for hundreds of children, and the parents may be referred to meal sites. Video or educational games, free gift certificates, and other presents for kids, teens, and even infants in Tulsa County.
Catholic Charities
Address: 2450 N Harvard Ave, Tulsa, OK 74115.
Phone: (918) 949-4673
They hold various Toy Drives for low-income families with children. Donations from the community of gifts, presents, vouchers for retailers such as Wal-Mart, and food are needed. The assistance is provided to struggling families and those living in poverty. The Tulsa Catholic Charities also supports the elderly in the community. They also hold the Coats for Kids program in the region. This will give free winter attire, such as boots, gloves, and coats, to children and senior citizens. This is offered in partnership with companies including Yale Cleaners as well as Channel 6. Read more on Christmas help from Tulsa Catholic Charities.
Restore Hope Ministries
Address: 2960 Charles Page Blvd, Tulsa, OK 74127.
Phone: (918) 582-5766
Holiday assistance is for children and women impacted among others. Games, books, free toys, school supplies, clothing, and more is provided, but most of the support is food focused.
Teach Not Punish Family Resource Center
513 E Virgin St, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 74106.
Phone: 323-487-9867
Books, games, free Christmas gifts for kids in Tulsa County, clothes, and other holiday assistance may be offered. Most of the help is for kids from low income households.
Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma
Address: 304 N Kenosha Ave, Tulsa, OK 74106.
Phone: (918) 585-2800
They have many holiday programs, in partnership with charities and non-profits. Stock the Station gives free food boxes, there may be small stocking stuffers, gifts and more.
TSHA Location
8740 E 11th St, Tulsa, OK 74112.
Phone: (918) 832-8742
They only help children that are deaf. Holiday parties are held for them.
Coats for Kids (and adults too)!
Trav’s Coats for Kids is once again helping provide free winter coats to local children and families. If you need a coat – for a child or for yourself – you can visit the following locations to pick one up free of charge between Nov. 14 and Jan. 14:
First Baptist Church Downtown at 420 S. Detroit Ave on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 10am-2pm
First Baptist Church Caring Center South at 6110 S. 99th E. Ave. every Monday from 4-7pm