CASA OF THE SOUTHERN TIER, INC.
Presents
The Annual
THE LITTLE ELF SHOP
SAVE THE DATE
Saturday, December 5, 2026
Corning-Painted Post High School
201 Cantigney Street
Corning, NY 14830
1pm to 5pm
The Little Elf Shop encourages the true giving nature of the holidays by providing children (12 and under)
the opportunity to shop for family and friends with the help of an Elf volunteer while their parents
have a separate area to wait.
(All items are $1 to $10.00-even if valued over $10.00)
Enjoy music, face painting, coloring contest, holiday story time, pictures with Santa, and raffles.
Elves wanted - see below.
Santa's Good List
ANNUAL SPONSORS
GOLD SPONSOR
SILVER SPONSORS
BRONZE SPONSORS
White Sponsors
We have also had area businesses donate towards The Little Elf Inventory.
Thank You!
Logos Coming Soon
There will be raffle baskets at the event which have been donated
by various community families and businesses.
ELVES WANTED:
- You must be 16 years of age to be a 1:1 Elf.
- Love interacting, communicating, and helping children ages 2-12.
- Ability to add/calculate amounts from $10 - $100. (calculators and phones can assist)
- Assist children with money exchange.
- Able to concentrate and maintain child oversight while shopping/wrapping.
- Ability to stand/walk with children for up to 2 hours (little breaks are taken)
- Can you dress festively in your best Christmas or Elf clothing?
- Wrap gifts in bags and boxes. (We even have elves that just help with the wrapping station.)
- Join an Elf orientation a ½ hour before your shift.
- You would be assigned a child to assist one-to-one around the Elf Shop to pick out holiday gifts for friends and family, take the child through checkout, and then on to the wrapping station. The child will be with you from assignment to the time they are taken back to their parents. (If the child has to go to the bathroom while in the Elf Shop or needs help with something else the Elf will take the child back to the parents while the gifts remain in the Elf Shop for their return.)
- You must love the holiday festivities.
If this is you, then Santa needs your help!
Saturday, December 5th, 2026
Shifts:
- 12:30pm to 3:00pm
- 2:30pm to 5:00pm
- Help the whole event from 12:30pm-5:00pm
Sign up by going to sign-up genius.
- You will select your desired shift or the whole event put name and email in. It may have you push sign up but that is just a push of a button – it uses your name and email. You will get a confirmation email once you sign up. We will also email all the Elf Shop volunteers a few days before the event.
