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Who We Are

Holiday Treasures Gift Shop™ serves schools nationwide from its Midwest base. We are proudly family-owned and operated for more than 55 years from our main headquarters in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Today, our founder’s granddaughter continues the legacy, assisting with customer service calls.

What We Do

Holiday Treasures is a program of Fun Events, which specializes in fundraising events for schools. Each year we design 100% of our gifts incorporating themes inspired by the latest movies and toy trends. Each gift is carefully selected by our team of moms and tested to meet safety standards set in the Consumer Product Safety Improvement ACT (CPSIA). Gifts are delivered by our trucks in most Wisconsin and northern Illinois communities. UPS will deliver and pick up at all other schools nationwide.  We love what we do!

Why Holiday Treasures?

Our service team members have an average 20 years’ experience in the holiday shop business. While national in scope, we maintain the family-owned approach that sets us apart. We don’t pressure or over-promise; we simply deliver on our commitments. We would love the opportunity for our “family” to serve yours!

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Meet Our Team

Joe Baubonis

Joe Baubonis

Company President

Joe has over 40 years of experience in the special event and holiday shop industry. He began working in his family’s business as a teenager. After getting his Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Joe assumed additional responsibilities and eventually took over the role of president in 1988. Joe is the visionary and day-to-day leader of Holiday Treasures Gift Shop. Since taking the reins, the company has become the largest holiday shop supplier in the Midwest and one of the prominent national companies in the industry. Joe is still hands-on today and oversees all aspects of the holiday shop implementation. He takes pride in the quality and reputation built carefully along the way.

Paula K

Paula Kappes

School Events Manager

Paula is a PTO Mom and school marketing representative for Holiday Treasures. She became acquainted with our holiday shop gift program at her children’s elementary school. Their positive experience influenced her to join Fun Events in 2002 as our primary marketing contact for schools. Paula’s background includes a B.A. degree in Public Relations and Marketing, and an M.B.A. degree from Northwestern University, Chicago. She has experienced first-hand the challenges of running fundraising programs at schools while holding full-time and part-time jobs. You’ll hear a lot from her during the holiday gift shop season.

Erin F

Erin Glider

Customer Service Manager

Erin started working at Fun Events as a summer intern in 2002 while attending college. She signed on as a full-time Fun staff member after graduating from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a bachelor’s degree in business. Today, Erin leads the customer service initiative for Holiday Treasures. She oversees a staff responding to customer queries and coordinates all our truck deliveries and reorder service to several hundred shops – all within a 3-week timeframe. Erin’s passion for people and detail makes her a perfect fit for the job. She is committed to a high level of service that truly exceeds customer expectations. She will bring a smile to your face.

Chris A

Chris Atkinson

Senior Technology Manager

Chris started at Fun Events in 2003 as an event team leader, and two years later was promoted to Warehouse Operations Manager. Today, Chris oversees the design and functionality of our Holiday Treasures website and all back-office operations including our proprietary Ez Scanner checkout technology. During the holiday shop season, he is available day and evenings for customer calls related to the use of their scanners. Chris’ friendly can-do attitude is critical during a hectic holiday shop season.

Sydney B

Sydney Baubonis

Representative

Sydney’s career at Fun Events began when she was little, always helping her father in any way she could, from packing prizes to running game booths at events. Throughout her childhood, Sydney continued following in her father’s footsteps, working her way up in the company. Upon graduating from high school in 2018, she joined the company full-time in the Events Department. During the holiday shop season, Sydney is our front-line service representative and answers customer calls first. She is extremely knowledgeable, friendly, and diligent in meeting our customers’ requests. We know you’ll like her as much as we do!

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What Our Customers Are Saying

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. You have allowed us to provide a terrific service to our elementary kids and, at the same time, make a little money for our Parent/Teacher/Community organization here. Working with the kids and seeing the smiles on their faces as they shop for family members and friends has truly been a wonderful experience

Skip - ChairpersonWisconsin
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You guys are rock stars!! I have highly recommended you to many other schools that aren't already using you!

KristinIllinois
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The event was a big success. The products were great, the scanners worked wonderfully, and kids and volunteers were happy to be there. The tech support, Chris, was a huge help when we needed him.

Victoria - ChairpersonNew Jersey
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This was our first Holiday shop using Holiday Treasures. We absolutely loved the ease of setting up and displaying the items. We were pleasantly surprised with the products, and students found everything for someone on their shopping list. We used the shop for two schools and customer support was outstanding when we had any questions! We will be using them for years to come.

Jamie - Chairperson and PTO PresidentMichigan
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We had an amazing shop! We even had students telling us how much better it was from other years! Thank you for making this happen!

JenIllinois
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The past six years our PTO has worked with Holiday Treasures for our annual school holiday shop. We have never been disappointed, the high-quality service and care you will receive always goes above and beyond. The inventory is of great quality, there are so many options, that there is truly something for everyone and every budget. If you are looking for a holiday shop look no further, I assure you, you will be more than pleased.

Breeanna - Chairperson and PTO Vice PresidentIllinois
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Teacher and parents were very impressed with the quality of the items compared with past shops.

Tiffany - ChairpersonTexas
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Our social worker and school secretary were commenting on how nice all the merchandise was. I overheard the kids going into the office to shop and there were a lot of "oohs" and "aahs" and excitement coming from the room.

Mary Ann - ChairpersonIndiana
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This has been the easiest Holiday Shop to work with. Reorders are a breeze and Holiday Treasures sends you everything you need. The families love the products, and they change them to give a good variety. Holiday Treasures has been a positive, profitable fundraiser for our school. Thank you!

Teri - Chairperson and PTA PresidentNevada
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For those of you that are disappointed with penguin shop, look into holiday treasures. The product is really good and the price point is perfect. They send scanners so checking out is super quick and they sent so much product that I’d be surprised if we sold out of anything. They also post the product online so parents can easily go over each gift with their students, which also makes shopping quick and easy.

Danielle - Chairperson and PTO PresidentMaryland
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You are wonderful. Thank you very much for checking for us. You have always gone above and beyond for us and all of your clients every step of the way!!! Leading up to our dates and during our event last week, I expressed this over and over about you and your company to those who will be taking this event over next year.

The store was great — all the children were happy and excited to be picking out their gifts. That’s what makes this event so special.

KimIllinois
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Holiday Treasures has been great to work with! They make it easy for my PTO to order, set-up, and manage sales. The gifts are quality and affordable for all students in a Title I building. Everything you need is included! And when items run out, the re-order process is easy and new supplies show up quickly.

Karen - School PrincipalMichigan
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I just want to say THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! You guys are rockstars! Thank you so much for getting our box of inventory to us yesterday by 8 am! It was a great help to have those extra items in our store for our last set of classes! You are the BEST!!!

Sheri - ChairpersonWisconsin
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I want to start by saying how happy we were with choosing a company this year that made secret Santa shop so much easier to deal with and all the kids loved the quality of the items! We will definitely be using your company next year!

A School in Illinois
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The selection was amazing! Many families were very impressed with the vast selection and the quality of the items. Thank you so much, Holiday Treasures, for this amazing company.

A School in Virginia
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Great service, so easy, no problems. The gift preview site and the scanners made the whole process so much easier. I couldn’t have asked for more!

A School in Georgia
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Hello! We had our sale today and it went really well. We love how easy you guys make it!

A School in Wisconsin
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The selection of items was fantastic this year! Thank you for all that you do so that we can do what we do!!

A School in Indiana
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Once again, another fantastic year working with y’all !

A School in Maryland
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Thank you again for a wonderful shop! We look forward to next year already!!

A School in Michigan
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Thank you so much! I cannot thank everyone enough for such an amazing experience! I learned a lot and cannot wait to do it next year!

A School in Ohio
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We had a great workshop week! Thank you for making this so easy for us.

A School in Pennsylvania
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Customer service was amazing and we plan to work with you again next year!

A School in Texas
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Using your company made it very easy for us to start up a holiday shop again after not having one for several years. The scanner and online inventory was helpful! Not having to inventory items before returning was also great! There was plenty of info, either through email or in print, for directions. The shop was very popular with the students, and I'm sure we will do it again. Thank you!

A School in Florida
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Customer service is incredible!

A School in California
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We appreciated your company so much! It made it easy for the PTO members who helped put this together to be able to manage it upon our own family obligations during the holiday season. We can’t thank you enough for this company and everything the company does to make the Santa shops a success.

A School in Ohio