With your help, we were able to touch the lives of 251 families last year! We are hoping to be just as successful this year and can’t do it without all of you. 

This year we are extremely grateful again to have the sponsorship of five parishes and two faith organizations: St. Mary, St. Elizabeth, St. James, St. Anthony, Our Lady of Holy Rosary, Knights of Columbus Councils, and the St. Vincent De Paul Kenosha County Council.

Our families in need are referred to us by school counselors, church pastors and other aid organizations. We provide gifts for the children in these families who are 18 years and younger. Each family member will receive a hat, scarf, mittens or gloves, and socks. The family also receives towels, a blanket and a board game, laundry detergent, personal hygiene products and grocery gift cards.
 
SHOP ONLINE USING OUR GIFT REGISTRIES
Use these two online gift registries.  Your order will be sent directly to St Mary Rectory.
1.    WALMART – Shop online from the Kenosha Giving Circle registry by clicking here.
2.    TARGET – Shop online from the Kenosha Giving Circle registry by clicking here.

DONATE SCRIP
SCRIP cards are given to families to purchase groceries. Most needed cards are Walmart, Pick ‘N Save and Piggly Wiggly.  Because of the success of the Dueling Pianos event, we are hoping to increase the amount given to each family this year. To purchase SCRIP cards online, go to Shopwithscrip.com in your web browser or to the RaiseRight app on your phone. Use the DTKC organization code: 3L4ED43484171

SCRIP cards may be purchased in person at the St. Mary Rectory (7307 40th Avenue) on Friday mornings.  

ADOPT-A-FAMILY
There will again be an opportunity this year to adopt a family. You will be given a family with ages of children, gift suggestions and guidelines for purchases. You will then bring the wrapped purchases to Bell Hall during shopping hours. Contact Kathy Holtz at 262-694-2051 or [email protected] if you would like to Adopt-a-Family.  

DONATE GIFTS (all donations must be new and unwrapped)
Drop off all gifts to St. Mary Catholic Church (7307 40th Avenue, Kenosha, WI) by Sunday, December 3 in the red bin in the vestibule of the church or deliver to the St. Mary rectory (M-Th 8:30-3, F 8:30-12) by Wednesday, December 6.

• Younger children – Legos, Matchbox cars, Slime Kits, Puzzles, Building toys, Dinosaurs, Barbies and Baby Dolls, Paw Patrol items, Trolls, Squishmallows, Duplos, Cocomelon items, Sesame Street, Books, especially interactive ones, warm clothes, sweatshirts, pajamas, Action Figures, snow pants, boots, winter coats
• Older children – headphones, ear buds, hoodies - zipper or pullover, make up, nail polish, art kits, Packers/Bears, Brewers/ Cubs, Bucks shirts, sweatpants, Pajama Bottoms, Bluetooth speakers, Fortnite, puzzles, warm clothes that are trendy, remote-control vehicles, blankets, electronics.
• Hats, scarves, mittens/gloves, and socks - all sizes, male, female, boys, girls, teens, adults. Each family member receives a set. A BIG NEED IS MEN’S GLOVES!
• Family Gift – we would like to give each family at least 2 bath towels, 2 hand towels, 2 wash cloths, (larger families will receive more sets) a blanket, a board game, and a bottle of detergent. So, we will need a lot of these items.
• Hygiene Bag Items – Deodorant - 2 ounce or larger -Men’s or women’s, 5.0 oz. or larger tubes of toothpaste.
• Teen Age Bags – 12-ounce cans, Pepsi, Coke or Mt Dew, Full-sized Candy Bars, 1-to-2-ounce bags of chips, Cheetos, Doritos (spicy ones are good), Fruit Snacks or Roll-ups, Granola Bars, Famous Amos Cookies, Microwave Popcorn, Decks of Playing Cards, and Mini-sized Candy Bars.

HELP WITH SET UP IN BELL HALL
This is a BIG job which needs many hands. Please consider taking some time December 4 (10 AM to 4 PM), December 6 (9 to noon) December 5 and 7 anytime between (2 and 7 PM) each of these days as needed until we finish. This will be unpacking all the donations and sorting them into the designated areas of Bell Hall. Folding and organizing them by size. Organizing the toys and games, blankets and towels. 

“SHOPPING DAYS” IN BELL HALL
During “Shopping Days” you will be selecting gifts for an assigned family from the donations assembled in Bell Hall.  We will need helpers to move tables and set out bags of gifts alphabetically. Pick up for Families will be on Saturday, December 16 starting at 10 AM.

God's blessings on each of you. Thank you!

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