To receive assistance from PVCP, your primary residence must be in the Plainwell Community School District. Eligibility is based on where you live - not where kids attend school. You must receive mail at this address, and this should be the address on your driver's license. Alternatively, you can provide other residency documentation during enrollment such as a mortgage statement, lease, or utility bill in your name for this address. ​You do not need to have children, or have children enrolled in PCS, to receive food and household assistance. ​

The 2026 signup deadline is November 13.

PVCP provides holiday support in the form of food, household essentials, hygiene items, and gifts for those 17 and under. Food items will be household pantry staples, rather than a single big “Christmas Dinner.”We strive to provide 3 gifts for each child, each in the $20 range. You will be asked for gift suggestions, and we will strive to provide them, but we cannot guarantee your child will receive these items.

Gifts we provide will generally be in the $20 range. Small, specific items help our shoppers do their best to find something your child will love. We will strive to provide gifts that you suggest, but we cannot guarantee your child will receive these items.Please do not request high value items like phones, tablets, game systems, etc or weapons (even the fake kind). We will not provide Visa gift cards (or similar) as gifts.

Absolutely. We will provide food, household and hygiene items for all eligible adults in our community.

You must reside in the Plainwell Community Schools district to be eligible. We verify residency at pickup.If you've recently moved to Plainwell, please make every effort to update your license with your current address before pickup.If you aren’t able to, we will need a mortgage statement, lease document, or utility bill for this address in your name along with your license at pickup.

If your address is assigned a different school district, and you use school of choice to enroll your child with PCS, you will need to explore options for assistance with other agencies.

You can try calling PCS or checking this website: https://webapp.oaisd.org/addresslookup This link is not maintained by PVCP, and we cannot be responsible for addresses that are mis-assigned on the referenced website.

You may only enroll children who live at your physical address and whose parent/guardian also lives at that address. For example, if you, your daughter, and her children (your grandchildren) all live together at your address, you may enroll as one family. If your daughter and her children do not live at your address, you cannot enroll for them. They will need to enroll separately using their address.

All adults living in your household can be enrolled on one form. If they live in another household, they will need to enroll separately.For example, if your father lives with you at your address, you may all enroll as one family. If your father lives separately, he will need to enroll on his own form using his own address.

The child(ren) can only be enrolled by the parent with primary physical custody.

You’ll hear from us with pickup details around the second week of December. If there is a problem with your application or eligibility, we will reach out directly via call, text, or email.

Due to the increasing cost of postage, we have tried to move most enrollment forms online. If we had a valid email address for you, you would have received a link to enrollment via email. This link is also available here. Please add @plainwellchristmas.org to your contacts so our emails do not go to spam.

Visit www.plainwellchristmas.org/get-help for links in English and Spanish. Enrollment runs from October 2 - November 13.

Please reach out to us at enroll@plainwellchristmas.org and we will get everything updated.

Please confirm we have a valid email address for you.Please add @plainwellchristmas.org to your safe senders so our emails do not go to spam.

The 2026 deadline is November 13. Unfortunately, we are unable to accept late enrollment. Please check back here next fall or follow us on Facebook so you get the dates for next year if needed.

PVCP sometimes receives assistance from the USDA for some of the items in our food boxes. They require this information from us. If you are unable/unwilling to provide this information, you may not be eligible to receive food from PVCP.

If you do not live in PCS, many surrounding communities have similar programs. We’d encourage you to reach out to your local resources. Specifically, Otsego has a similar program. They are on Facebook as Otsego Christmas Ministries.

No. You agree when you sign up that you will only seek holiday assistance from one program. This is to ensure resources can help as many families as possible. Please note that we do coordinate with other agencies and finding the same family on multiple lists could make you ineligible for one or more of these holiday assistance programs. This does not apply to non-holiday assistance (ie rent, food, utility assistance) received from organizations like Christian Neighbors or Community Action Allegan. You may remain enrolled in such programs and also receive holiday assistance from PVCP.