Adopt a Child this Holiday Season with Saint Blaise Church
By Lyn MacLean
As they say, “It takes a village,” or in this case, the Bellingham community, to bring joy this holiday season to children in need. Some families face the difficult challenge of making overwhelming choices to maintain heat, pay medical bills, and obtain healthy meals for their children. Holidays can place additional stress on these families by trying to fulfill a child’s wishes.
Saint Blaise Catholic Church is holding its annual “Adopt a Child Christmas program” to help families grant gift wishes. You can visit donation tree locations and select a tag that outlines a child’s age with gift ideas or gift card requests to local stores.
In 2023, 150 children’s wishes were fulfilled by amazing donations from the community. This year, the church expects close to 200 children in need of support, since there has been a noticeable increase in families requiring food pantry assistance.
The gift registrations are requested for infants up to age 13 and ages 14-18 gift cards such as Kohl’s, Walmart, Michaels or Target. If you’d like to extend your donation further, grocery gift cards to contribute to their holiday family meal are also welcome.
Giving Trees Will Be On Display Starting:
Saturday, November 23 at -
Saint Blaise Catholic Church - 1158 South Main St. Bellingham
Dean Bank - 411 Pulaski Blvd., Bellingham
Gift drop off: Monday, December 11th 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Saint Blaise Church
If you are a Bellingham resident and need a gift donation for your family member you can contact Susan Durkin, Director of the Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry at [email protected]
You can follow all the Saint Blaise giving efforts on their Facebook page: “loavesandfishesfoodpantryatsaintblaise”.