🎄 THANKSGIVING TO NEW YEAR'S EVE · FORT COLLINS 🎄

Light Up Christmas
for Your Nonprofit

Every car that drives through NoCo Winter Wonderland for your church, school or favorite cause sends half the ticket price, $12.50, straight to them. Colorado Youth Outdoors and its volunteers do all the work. Your nonprofit just collects the gift.

$25

per car, not per person

50%

goes to your nonprofit

Zero

work for your nonprofit

Late Jan.

when your gift is sent

✨ SEE THE MAGIC ✨

A One-Mile Drive Through a Colorado Christmas

Pack the family in the car and roll through 15 minutes of holiday wonder on the 220-acre Colorado Youth Outdoors campus: Santa, Mrs. Claus and those mischievous elves, Candy Cane Lane, a fly-fishing Santa, Colorado's big game species in lights, and more than a million twinkling lights reflected in 12 ponds. Stay warm, cozy and together, all from the comfort of your own car.

🎁 SIMPLE AS 1-2-3 🎁

How Your Nonprofit Gets Its Christmas Gift

🎄 1

Name your nonprofit

Sign up below and tell us which church, school, food pantry, team or other worthy cause you're driving for.

🚗 2

Buy your $25 car ticket

Pick your night, load up the family, and enjoy the show. Then share this page so friends and fellow members drive for your cause too.

💝 3

Your nonprofit gets paid

In late January, Colorado Youth Outdoors sends 50% of every ticket bought for your nonprofit, less payment-processing fees. No paperwork, no volunteers, no event to run.

⭐ DO THE MATH ⭐

100 cars = about $1,250 for your cause

Each $25 car ticket sends $12.50 to the nonprofit it was bought for, minus the payment processor's fees. If 100 vehicles come through for your nonprofit, that's roughly $1,250 sent to you in late January. Get your whole congregation, school or club involved and watch it grow.

Cars for your nonprofitTicket salesYour nonprofit receives*
1$25$12.50
25$625$312.50
100$2,500$1,250
250$6,250$3,125
500$12,500$6,250

*Before payment-processor fees, which are deducted before your gift is sent in late January.

🦌 WHO'S BEHIND THE LIGHTS

Colorado Youth Outdoors: a trusted Northern Colorado nonprofit

Colorado Youth Outdoors (CYO) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in good standing and a BBB Accredited Charity. Since 2001, CYO has built stronger relationships between kids, their parents and their communities through fishing, archery, outdoor survival and shooting sports.

Since 2008, CYO has cared for the 220-acre Swift Ponds property in southeast Fort Collins, investing more than $10 million to turn it into a permanently conserved outdoor classroom. In 2025 alone, CYO served over 13,000 participants, and more than 150,000 since 2001.

NoCo Winter Wonderland is one of CYO's signature fundraisers, built by hundreds of volunteers and backed by more than 20 local business sponsors. That's why your nonprofit doesn't lift a finger: CYO handles the lights, the tickets, the volunteers, the traffic and the payouts.

🎅 Plan Your Visit

📅 When

Thanksgiving, Thu. Nov. 26
through
New Year's Eve, Thu. Dec. 31, 2026

Evening timed-entry windows every 15 minutes. Last year: Thu–Sun 5:15–8:15 pm, then every night the week before Christmas through New Year's Eve. The 2026 schedule posts when tickets open Nov. 1.

📍 Where

Colorado Youth Outdoors
4927 E. County Road 36
Fort Collins, CO 80528

Entrance is on Kechter Rd., just east of County Rd. 5 (near I-25 and Harmony).

🎟️ Tickets

$25 per vehicle
The whole carload rides for one price.

Buying 10 or more? Call CYO at (970) 663-0800 about group pricing.

🎄 COUNT MY CAR 🎄

Name Your Nonprofit & Get Your Tickets

Tell us who you're driving for, then grab your $25 car ticket. We'll email you the dates, times and friendly reminders, and in late January we'll share how much every nonprofit received.

🔒 We'll only email you about NoCo Winter Wonderland. Unsubscribe any time.

🔔 Spread the Christmas Cheer

The more cars that come through for your nonprofit, the bigger its gift. Send this to your church family, school parents, teammates and friends.

Or copy & paste this into a text, email or social post:

🎄 Help our nonprofit this Christmas! NoCo Winter Wonderland, a one-mile drive-thru light show in Fort Collins hosted by Colorado Youth Outdoors (a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving Northern Colorado since 2001), is open Thanksgiving through New Year's Eve. Tickets are $25 per car, and HALF ($12.50 per car, less processing fees) goes to the nonprofit you name. 100 cars = about $1,250 for our cause, paid in late January! Sign up and get tickets: chaseswift.com/winter-wonderland

❄️ Questions, Answered

Does my nonprofit have to do anything?
Nothing at all. Colorado Youth Outdoors and its volunteers build the lights, staff the event, sell the tickets and send the payout. Your nonprofit simply spreads the word and receives its share.
How much does my nonprofit receive?
50% of each $25 car ticket bought for your nonprofit: $12.50 per car, less the payment processor's fees. For example, 100 cars comes to about $1,250 before fees.
When does my nonprofit get paid?
Payouts are sent in late January, after the season closes on New Year's Eve. Everyone on our email list will also get a summary of the totals raised for each nonprofit.
Who is Colorado Youth Outdoors?
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in good standing that has served Northern Colorado since 2001 and has cared for the 220-acre Swift Ponds property in Fort Collins since 2008. CYO builds family relationships through outdoor recreation. Its 990 and annual report are posted at coloradoyo.org.
What kinds of nonprofits can take part?
Churches, schools, PTOs, youth sports teams, food pantries, animal rescues, service clubs and other worthy causes. Just name yours when you sign up.
What if the weather cancels my night?
Ticket sales are final, but if an evening is cancelled for weather you can exchange your ticket for another night of NoCo Winter Wonderland.
Can I buy tickets for a group?
Yes! For 10 or more tickets, call the CYO office at (970) 663-0800 to ask about group pricing.

Make Memories. Make a Difference. 🎄