Sep 30 – Oct 25th | Annual Halloween Costume Drive

Thank you for helping us make a difference this season!

Donations are now closed.

Joyce University kicked off its 6th Annual Halloween Costume Drive to support the patients at Primary Children’s Hospital. Donations were open September 30th through October 25.

This year, the Joyce community stepped up to deliver more than one thousand donations to the kids at Primary Children’s Hospital, meeting 100% of their holiday needs. Thank you to our community and the public for helping us give these patients the most thrilling Halloween yet with your donations of new, unused costumes for kids of all ages.

See the list below for donated items.

How to Donate

Donations are now closed.

There were many ways to contribute to our Halloween drive. In addition to physical donations, which were made at our Draper campus in Utah, we also accepted Amazon deliveries and monetary donations.

Monetary Donations

Don’t have time to shop? Make a monetary donation via PayPal.

Amazon Donations

Joyce University
c/o Halloween Drive
12257 Business Park Dr
Draper, UT 84020

Drop-Off Donations

Joyce University
12257 Business Park Dr
Draper, UT 84020

What to Donate

This year, we raised donations for the following spookatcular items:

Costumes

Costumes for children of all ages and sizes 0-6m through 14+ teen, including headbands/headpieces, capes, masks, hats (witch, superhero, prince/princess), costume jewelry, teeth, tattoos, beards/mustaches, themed t-shirts and onesies (superhero, Disney, animal, book/movie), etc. 

Accessories: Headbands/headpiece, capes, masks, hats (witch, superhero, prince/princess), costume jewelry, teeth, tattoos, beards/mustaches, etc.

Together, we raised 775 costumes!

• NICU/ICU Babies: 50 felt costumes, swaddles, knitted costumes, onesies, themed hats, etc. with animals, Disney, superheroes, popular games, TV show themes, movie themes, etc.
• 0m-6m: 50 costumes/onesies
• 6m-12m: 50 costumes/onesies
• 12m-24m: 75 costumes
• 2T: 40 costumes
• 4-6: 60 costumes
• 7-8: 100 costumes
• 8-10: 80 costumes
• 10-12: 80 costumes
• 12-14: 50 costumes
• 14+/teen: 100 costumes

Trick or Treating Buckets

You helped us donate 200 buckets!

Trick-or-treat buckets in a mix of Halloween themes and other themes including superhero, prince/ princess, animal, paw patrol, etc.

Candy

Together, we brough in 200 pounds of candy!

• Hard Candy
• Chocolate
• Gummies
• Licorice
• Lollipops
• Sour candies

Prizes

We are also collecting Halloween prizes, including stickers, small coloring books, mustaches, temporary tattoos, slime, Play-Doh, and squishy/stress balls.

With your help, we donated 2,057 prizes!

• Stickers
• Small coloring books
• Mustaches
• Tattoos
• Slime
• Play-doh
• Squishy/stress balls

*No button batteries or latex items

**Please do not package candy and prizes in cellophane bags. We prefer they come in original packaging, as bought in-store

In-Kind Donation Guidelines

While we love receiving your gifts and in-kind donations, for the protection of Primary Children’s patients, there are restrictions surrounding this process. Please review the following guidelines carefully to be certain your donations are acceptable.

• All donated items must be new. No used items will be accepted.
• Donations cannot have any donor identification or contact information (i.e. first or last names, phone numbers, email addresses, website, blogs, personal stories, etc.). If donations include any personal information, they will either be removed before distribution, or the donation may be declined based on the discretion of Foundation personnel.
• Donors will not be allowed to personally deliver gifts to patients or families.
• Donors should not expect to receive pictures, stories, or updates from patients or families.
• No medical equipment, baby formula, or wheelchairs are accepted.
• We do not accept violent toys or games (such as toy guns) or paddle balls.
• For durability and safety purposes, we prefer name brand items when possible.
• We do not accept gift-wrapped items.