Each Advent, parishioners at Pastorate of the Visitation are asked to help those who are less fortunate by anonymously purchasing gifts for them for Christmas. To help you help them, we’ve contacted local organizations and asked what they need. Then the youth from YCL spend an afternoon creating individual labels for each item. The result is our Giving Tree!
Please consider taking a gift tag (or two or three) and purchasing the gift listed. Bring unwrapped, new items to the Parish Hall on Sunday, December 8 between 8am and 11am, or Wednesday, December 11 between 6pm and 8pm. The YCL kids will do the rest! For those who want to participate but find shopping difficult, there are also tags for monetary donations.
Drop Off 1 – Sunday Dec. 8, 2024
(after all Masses– Drop off in the SJF Hall between 8am–11:00am)
OR
Drop Off 2 – Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024
(Drop off between 6–8pm in the SJF Hall)
If you prefer not to purchase an item, you can donate a monetary gift or a Walmart gift card. Please indicate Giving Tree when turning the item in.
Please donate only NEW items!
This year’s Giving Tree charities are:
Mary’s Center – a Catholic Pregnancy Center in Maryland serving Glen Burnie, Hagerstown, and surrounding areas. Please donate:
- Baby onesies and sleepers: size 0-12 months
- Car seats
- Pack-n-plays
- Baby Diapers: sizes 1, 2, 3 or larger sizes 5/6
- Baby wipes
Happy Helpers for the Homeless – an all-volunteer organization bringing love and necessities directly to homeless and poverty-stricken men, women, and children every Saturday and Sunday no matter the weather and including holidays. Please donate:
- Toys for all ages
- Backpacks for men & women
- Double-thick hats & gloves
- Grocery store gift cards (ex, Aldi, Walmart, & Giant)
Little Sisters of the Poor – an international congregation of Roman Catholic women religious serving Christ in the elderly poor in over 30 countries including St. Martin’s Home in Baltimore. Please donate:
- Walmart gift cards
- Cash donations (make payable to St. Jane Frances)
Volunteers may be needed to help deliver items to charities supported by our Giving Tree. If you would be available to drive to Arbutus/Halethorpe or Linthicum and would like to help our parish with delivering these gifts on December 12th or 13th, please contact Carrie Hilmer at 410-255-4646 or chilmer@stjane.org. Thank you in advance!