1000 Islands River Santa will take place December 14, 2024 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Scenic View Park Pavilion in Alexandria Bay!

2023 River Santa festival was an amazing success. That success was all due to the wonderful charitable donations we received from many of you. We were able to deliver over 750 presents to a little over 450 children who showed up to visit Santa and get a gift.

We were also able to donate $33,000 to a combination of the five backpack programs from local school districts and several food pantries and emergency service organizations.

None of this is accomplished without your donations. This is 100% donation funded .

We’re going into the ninth year now and we have grown this to a summer and winter event with the parade in Alexandria Bay and now the village of Clayton through the Rotary club is stepping into help with this event. This truly is an event for the entire thousand Islands , and serves all children 12 and under who believe in Santa and then through the food programs it takes care of people who are coming up a little short these days. We make sure the kids go home with food, the backpack programs and the food pantries have some extra money to work with .

Thank you for any donations you’re able to make. Any dollar amount makes a difference.