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With the help of The Sister Isaac Center, St. Mary School helps about 35 families with ‘a full Christmas’. We select ‘new’ families each year as a one time event; this way, we can spread our gifts with different families each year. In order to spread out our help a little further, we’ve come up with the idea of having a “Christmas Room” which will be set up for the week of December 11.
We stock the room with new toys that are donated and especially need dolls, craft items and sports items. Every year as the time nears, I start to worry that we won’t have enough to share; and every year we are overwhelmed with people’s generosity, and we can allow dozens of parents to shop.
The other project, Yesterday’s Children, is particularly geared to elders in our community. We ask for donors to put together a shoebox stocked with some hygiene items (toothpaste, toothbrush, shampoo, lotion, etc.) and perhaps a few extra treats such as a puzzle book, a pair of socks, a little candy, a trinket, etc. We ask for the box to be wrapped and labeled to identify if it’s meant for a gentleman or a lady. We have teams of people that deliver the boxes to different places the elders reside such as Hadden Hall I and II, James Walker apartments; each box is delivered in person, along with a personalized greeting card.
If you are interested in either of these projects, gifts can be dropped off at the Center Monday thru Thursday or under our Giving Tree at the Basilica.
Want an easy way to help the Sr. Isaac Center collect Christmas gifts for the Giving Tree and Christmas Room? Buy an item off the Amazon shopping list by Dec. 16 and ship it to the organizer. We'll drop it off at the Center for you!
Blessings to you and yours during this holiday season.
Mary Ann
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DONATIONS COLLECTED WEEKLY: Send your student with a non-perishable food item, hygiene or cleaning item every Wednesday to stock The Sister Isaac Center shelves. Items are collected during Mass.
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