The Christmas Wish program, which brings the joy of Christmas to hundreds of children and families in need, has been a highlight of St. John’s outreach efforts since 1993. During the Christmas season, the program fulfills a special gift request for the more than 400 children in the program, and provides gift cards for their families to purchase clothing and other necessities.
The program serves children and families here in Wellesley as well as our sister parishes of St. Katherine Drexel in Roxbury, St. Patrick in Lowell, St. Patrick in Brockton and the Julie Family Learning Program in Boston. In 2021, Christmas Wish received applications for assistance from 341 families, which were fulfilled thanks to the 156 sponsors and 170 financial donations from our parishioners. This project also raised $32,600 in food cards (yes, you read that right!)
We want to thank Deirdre O’Kelly Lynch for her outstanding direction of this program for the past several years, and we look forward to its continued success under the leadership of Chrissy Cassa.
We are looking for volunteers for the Christmas Wish Leadership Team – if you want to work with a great team and be a part of this important project, please contact Mary Campion mary.campion@sjspwellesley.org for more details. Work begins in October and wraps up in December.