RazorGifts

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The University of Arkansas Staff Senate sponsors the RazorGifts Staff Holiday Gifting Program. Employee-to-employee gifting is the basis of our rewarding and appreciated project. We can all play a role in making the winter holidays a great time for individuals in need within our community. The drive is conducted each fall.

The Facts

Northwest Arkansas statistics show that 25% of Northwest Arkanas children live in poverty, 50% of our homeless population are children, and 27% of our children are in danger of going hungry tonight. These statistics are alarming. The Full Circle Food Pantry provides food and personal products to all members of the University of Arkansas community.

Our gifting program is designed to assist staff through the holidays by obtaining employee donated gifts and essentials for dependent children. Our program is driven by employee-to-employee gifting, and the University of Arkansas is not a sponsor or participant.

Eligibility — Only U of A staff and immediate family members who live in the same house will be included. Family members who do not share a home with the staff member are ineligible for the program. Priority is given to children under the age of 18 who meet eligibility requirements. Self-nominations and nominations by another University of Arkansas faculty or staff member will be accepted.

Request to Receive Gifts

  • Application to request and specify gifts, English (PDF) — Application hyperlink has closed as the deadline has passed.
  • Solicitud para solicitar y concretar donaciones (PDF) — El enlace de la aplicación se ha cerrado porque ha pasado el plazo.

Applications for the 2025 season were submitted in one of the following ways before the early November deadline.

For questions contact Becca Clifton at ssgifts@uark.edu.

Donations

To make gift donations, the requested items would be selected and purchased on the Giftster virtual registry.

You do not need to have an account in Giftster to make purchases for donation.

Gifts could be delivered in-person to Becca Clifton at RCED 140 or Autumn Parker at WCOB 328.

When ordering gifts online, the following was the 2025 shipping address. For direct purchases, gifts would be brought to this address as well.

Becca Clifton — RazorGifts
145 N. Buchanan Ave., RCED 140
Fayetteville, AR 72701

All donated gifts must be received in time for sorting and pickup.

All donated gifts must be received in time for sorting and pickup. The 2025 gift deadline was Friday, Dec. 12, 2025.

Those who wish to make monetary donations may purchase Amazon gift cards to be delivered to ssgifts@uark.edu. All gift card donations will be used to purchase remaining items not selected from the virtual site.

Further Details

For more information, contact the RazorGifts chair, Becca Clifton, bclifton@walton.uark.edu.

Disclaimer — RazorGifts is an employee-to-employee gifting program. Gifts made under the Staff Holiday Gift Program are made by members of the university community to dependent children of university employees and are not gifts to the university. The University of Arkansas is not a participant, and University of Arkansas resources are not used.

Policies & Procedures of RazorGifts Staff Holiday Gifting Program (PDF)