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Redwood Credit Union launches holiday gift and porch-to-pantry food drives

Santa Rosa, CA (November 26, 2025) |

Redwood Credit Union (RCU) invites the community to give back this holiday season through its annual gift drive and a new porch-to-pantry food drive. RCU has partnered with a nonprofit startup to launch an innovative model that makes it simple for anyone to make a difference. The program allows North Bay and San Francisco residents to donate food directly from their doorstep.

Porch-to-Pantry Food Drive

Community members can sign up to donate at any RCU branch or online at this link. On Saturday, Dec. 13, volunteers will pick up the shelf-stable foods from donors’ homes and deliver them to local food banks and pantries.

Gift Drives

In addition, RCU’s 22 branches and RCU Auto Services are accepting gift items through mid-December for holiday distribution by local nonprofit agencies. The following is where to donate and the local organizations that will benefit. To find a branch near you, click here.

  • Sonoma County branches
    • Pick up a heart tag at any Sonoma County RCU branch or RCU Auto Services and return your wrapped gift from Nov. 28 to Dec. 19 supporting Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL) Secret Santa Program. Donated gifts support children, teens and seniors across Sonoma County.
  • Marin County branches
    • Browse wish list items at northmarincs.org and drop off new, unwrapped donations from Nov. 28 to Dec. 15, to support North Marin Community Services.
  • Napa County branches
    • Drop off new, unwrapped toys at any RCU branch in Napa County from Nov. 28 to Dec. 15, supporting Toys for Tots.
  • Mendocino County branches
    • Point Arena- Drop off a new, unwrapped gift at the RCU Point Arena branch Nov. 28 through Dec. 19  to support Project Santa. Books for children between 10 and 16 years old are especially appreciated.
    • Ukiah- Donate gifts for infants through 18-year-olds from Nov. 25 to Dec. 22, to support the Ukiah Valley Christmas Effort. 
  • Lake County branch
    • Drop off a new, unwrapped gift at the RCU Lower Lake branch Nov. 28 through Dec. 12  to support children in Lake County through Toys for Tots.  
  • San Francisco branch
    • Drop off a wrapped gift at RCU’s San Francisco branch from Nov. 28 through the week of Dec. 15 to support APA Family Support Services. Educational toys for children ages 8-12 are especially appreciated.

Last year, RCU distributed 947 gifts and collected 3,126 pounds of food—enough for 3,751 meals. Building on last year’s success, RCU hopes to provide even more gifts and meals to North Bay and San Francisco communities this holiday season. For more information, visit www.redwoodcu.org/holidaygiving.

A tree and gifts are shown at Redwood Credit Union’s Cleveland Avenue branch in Santa Rosa. New gift
donations are currently being accepted at Redwood Credit Union’s Sonoma County branches. Pick up a
heart tag and return your wrapped gift from Nov. 28 through Dec. 19. Visit
www.redwoodcu.org/holidaygiving for information and a list of other locations.
Erika Lane, branch experience manager for RCU, picks up donations left for the new “porch-to-pantry”
food drive model that has been launched by the credit union.
Erika Lane, branch experience manager for RCU, picks up donations left for the new “porch-to-pantry”
food drive model that has been launched by the credit union.
This holiday season, RCU is collaborating with A Simple Gesture (ASG), a nonprofit startup, to expand and
introduce a “porch-to-pantry” doorstep food collection model for North Bay communities and San Francisco
Community members can sign up to donate food at any RCU branch or online. On Saturday, Dec. 13,
volunteers will pick up bags or boxes filled with shelf-stable food and deliver them to local food banks
and pantries.

Redwood Credit Union

Founded in 1950, Redwood Credit Union is a full-service, not-for-profit financial institution providing personal and business banking to consumers and businesses in the North Bay and San Francisco. With a mission to passionately serve the best interests of its members, team members, and communities, RCU delivers many ways for its members to save and build money through checking and savings accounts, auto and home loans, credit cards, digital banking, business services, commercial and SBA lending, and more. Wealth management and investment services are available through Redwood Wealth Management, and insurance and auto-purchasing services are also offered through RCU Services Group (RCU’s wholly owned subsidiary). RCU ended March at $9.9 billion in assets and $12.7 billion in assets under management and serves more than 530,000 members with full-service branches from San Francisco to Ukiah. For more information, call 1 (800) 479-7928, visit redwoodcu.org, or follow RCU on Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn for news and updates.

Contact

Redwood Credit Union Public Relations Department
(707) 576-5224 / PR@redwoodcu.org

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