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.

 

Question about Christmas Star?

For further information or to ask a question, contact us.