Adopt-a-Family

This annual Christmas gift-giving program provides gifts of everyday necessities to low-income families in our community. Through partnership with neighboring businesses and the parish’s generosity through the Giving Tree, this program provided thousands of gifts to hundreds of families over the past few years. These families received clothing, household items, furniture, and toys.

This program requires the time of many volunteers to help interview families, organize the “wish lists,” create tags for the Giving Tree, and to help organize, wrap, and distribute the gifts. Other activities associated with this program include a School Supply Drive, Thanksgiving Dinner and an Easter Food Drive.

For more information, contact Norma Canedo or Fr. Evelio Menjivar at socialjustice@stmatthewscathederal.org.  You may also click here for information on last year's Adopt-a-Family program.