Christmas Star
Helping parents provide Christmas gifts to their children
Christmas Star provides parents who access our services with a dignified means to give Christmas gifts to their children.
With your help, families who participate in our housing, trafficking victims, mental health, dental and legal services, and Kennedy School and Child Development Center, among other programs, will have a very merry Christmas.
Our goal this year is to raise at least $40,000 to provide gift cards for 1,500 children in the District of Columbia and suburban Maryland. If we exceed that goal, more children will benefit.
This year, families will receive a $25 gift card for each child, which they will use to purchase presents. The gift cards will be distributed to parents by employees of Catholic Charities or at Christmas parties for client families hosted by participating schools and churches.
Help make a family’s Christmas wishes come true.
It is more than giving presents; it is giving a family joyful holiday memories for years to come.
Participate Through a Partnering Organization
Area churches, schools, companies and other organizations are partnering with Catholic Charities to bring joy to families this holiday season. To learn how you can make a monetary contribution to Christmas Star through one of our partners, contact Elizabeth Hill of Catholic Charities.
Among our participating partners are:
- Bishop McNamara High School
- Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
- Connelly School of the Holy Child
- DeMatha High School
- Georgetown University Initiative on Catholic Social Thought in Public Life, Slat & Light Young Latino Leaders
- Little Flower Catholic Church
- Obsidian Global
- St, Anselm’s Abby School
- St. Bernadette Catholic Church
- St. Elizabeth Seton High School
- St. John Neumann Catholic Church
- St. John’s College High School
- St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church
- Santoni’s Market Place and Catering, Glyndon, Md.
- U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops
- Wegmans, Germantown Store
Make A Direct Gift to Christmas Star
Make a monetary donation to Christmas Star. Your donation will go toward purchasing gift cards for children of families served by Catholic Charities. Your support will ensure that they get the gift of joy this year.
What Past Thankful Parents Said
My family and I are so grateful. Thank you so much for helping me make Christmas special for them. God bless you all.
A mother who cried when she was given a Christmas gift card and books for her children
Thank you so much for the right-on-time gift card to my family. We greatly appreciate the special Christmas holiday blessing, especially during these times.
A mother who uses the services at Southeast Family Center
Question about Christmas Star?
For further information or to ask a question, contact us.