St. Joseph's Sponsor A Family Christmas 2007

Ruthann Kiernan and Meg Dooley checking in sponsoring families.

Christmas is right around the corner and the St. Joseph's Sponsor a Family Committee is busy preparing to help over 250 families from neighboring parishes. One parish in particular is Queen of Our Most Holy in Roosevelt where our own beloved Father Gabriel now serves. The Christmas Program involves providing a complete Holiday dinner with all the trimmings and gifts for families with children OR just dinner for families of six. As of now, there are a number of families with 1 or 2 children still waiting to be sponsored. This is a wonderful opportunity to share your blessings with those in need. It is also a nice way for friends, neighbors and community groups to participate in a special charitable event.

We hope you'll join us in our mission to help others this Christmas! Sponsor a Family forms are available at the Church entrances or you may call Lita Reilly at 248-5880 or Pat DiMattia at 294-9316 for information and to sign up. We encourage all Garden City residents to participate in this wonderful program.

Pat DiMattia and confirmation candidates loading groceries.

If you are able to drive a carload of groceries and gifts, please call Evelyn Fasano at 747-3235. The collection of Christmas dinner groceries and gifts will be on Saturday morning, December 15, between 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. in the St. Joseph's parking lot.

Our 2007 "Thanksgiving Sponsor a Family" was a tremendous success!! We thank everyone who participated in this program in which we sponsored over 300 families!