Adopt a Family, or a child, for Christmas this year!

November 11, 2022

Sign Up Online at the parish website, www.ols-sa.org. (go to Ministries – Outreach – Social Justice – Adopt-a-Family to access form) or fill out the form in the bulletin, including the number of children to whom you can give. Please PRINT all information legibly. Place the paper form in the collection basket or drop it off at the Parish Office.
We will send you your “adopted” family information, including the name, age, size, and gift wish of each child. Requests made online will be answered as soon as possible (1-2 days), whereas, requests made by paper may take up to 1 week to arrive in the US Mail. Please be patient.
Please buy at least (1) toy and (1) item of clothing for each child. Shop for the child as you would for a child in your own family. You do not need to buy the gift that is listed.
Please wrap the gifts and label them with the child’s name and the assigned donation number.
Bring the gifts to the OLS School cafeteria on Sunday, December 11th from noon to 2:00 p.m.

Gift wishes are just that—the wishes of children who watch the same commercials and want the same things your children and grandchildren want. Some may be too expensive for your budget. DO NOT feel obligated to buy anything that is above your means. You may substitute any suitable, age appropriate gift in place of the “Gift Wish.” Follow your head…and your heart. There are many sites on the Internet that list age-appropriate toys.
We ask that you do not ask for children of a particular age or sex. Please open your heart to all the children in need.
Don’t have time to shop or wrap but still want to share with a child this Christmas? Consider donating a gift card to Walmart or Target to give as a gift to a needy teenager. Gift cards can be dropped in the collection basket or at the rectory in an envelope marked Adopt-a-Family Gift Card Donation.
For additional information, contact Teresa Wells at 609-220-8181 or [email protected].