Annual Halloween Costume Drive

Thank you for helping us make a difference this season!

Donations are now closed.

Joyce University kicked off its 5th Annual Halloween Costume Drive to support the patients at Primary Children’s Hospital. Donations are now closed.

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

See the list below for donated items.

How to Donate

While donations are now closed, there were many ways to contribute to our Halloween drive this year. 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

Donation bins were located in the front campus atrium for drop-off items.

Monday – Friday | 8am – 5pm

Joyce University
12257 Business Park Dr
Draper, UT 84020

What to Donate

In 2023, we, exceeded our goals with your help! In addition to new, unused costumes for kids of all ages, we also raised donations for the following spookatcular items:

Costumes

We donated 756 costumes for children of all ages, including headbands/headpiece, capes, masks, hats (witch, superhero, prince/princess), costume jewelry, teeth, tattoos, beards/mustaches, etc.

Trick or Treating Buckets

We collected 200 trick-or-treat buckets in a mix of Halloween themes and other themes including superhero, prince/ princess, animal, paw patrol, etc.

Candy

We collected 200 pounds of candy including: hard candy, chocolate, gummies, licorice, lollipops, and sour candies. 

Prizes

We collected more than 500 Halloween prizes including: stickers, small coloring books, mustaches, temporary tattoos, slime, Play-doh, and squishy/stress balls.

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.