UPDATE (December 12):

This year's Alternative Gift Market and Giving Tree raised an amazing combined total of over $12,900 in cash and gift cards for the Threshold Fund and our community partners: Casa Latina, Lambert House, Lowell Elementary, L’Arche Seattle, L’Honey Tacoma, Operation Nightwatch, and Seattle Seafarers. Plus, on top of that, a sleigh full of toys for Mary's Place and eleven warm and colorful outfits for Lowell students!

A team of more than forty people made the 2025 Alternative Gift Market a resounding success, making edible gifts, decorating and setting up Bloedel Hall, pricing items, staffing the tables, and cleaning up afterwards. Erik Donner deserves special recognition as the financial wizard responsible for tracking all the donations.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time or talents, donated or made items for the Alternative Gift Market, fulfilled the tags on the Giving Tree with purchases of toys or gift cards, or made donations to our community partners and the Threshold fund. You really made a difference, and we are so very grateful.

2025 Giving Tree

This year's Giving Tree will be available at the Alternative Gift Market on November 23, and then be moved to the nave. Like every year, it will be filled with tags for gift cards to Lowell Elementary School, Casa Latina, and Lambert House, and toys for Mary’s Place.

Drop off donations at the cathedral on Sundays or at the cathedral offices Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. All gifts from the Giving Tree, Wish List, or gift cards are are due back to the cathedral by 11 a.m. on Sunday, December 7, so they can blessed at the altar that Sunday and then be distributed to recipients in a timely fashion.

Wish Lists

As an alternative to picking up a tag on the Giving Tree, you are welcome to use of the following wish lists:

• for Lowell Elementary: Lowell Holiday Gift Wish List.
• for Mary’s Place: Mary's Place Holiday Gift Wish List.

When you check out from Amazon, look for the words "Gift Registry Address" under Canon Barrie's name (Wendy Claire Barrie) when selecting the delivery address so that it will be delivered to the cathedral to be blessed at the altar on December 7.

Gift Cards

You can also simply purchase a gift card directly and drop it off at the cathedral:

• for Casa Latina, gift cards are requested in the amount of $25 for either Target or QFC/Fred Meyer.
• for Lambert House, gift cards are requested in the amount of $25 for Target or QFC/Fred Meyer
• For Lowell Elementary, gift cards are requested in the amount of $50 from Target, Ross, or Grocery Outlet.

All gifts from the Giving Tree, Wish List, or gift cards are are due back to the cathedral by 11 a.m. on Sunday, December 7.

Your generosity means an enormous amount to these families in our community. Additional opportunities to support our community partners will be announced each week, now through Advent!

Questions? Contact Canon Barrie: wbarrie@saintmarks.org