Project Christmas 2021 Stats
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Donations collected for the -72- Families consisted of -182- children and -116- adults.
We collected donations from families all across South Jersey - We raised $3680 for the families through our GoFundMe, which was used to purchase necessary items for the families & to fulfil wish list items for many of the children! Donations were delivered to families-
Dec 21-23rd, 2021 |
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Our 2021 campaign was a huge success, despite my having an infant and still facing so many challenges from Covid - We still weren't able to risk have any volunteers as a result of the virus - so our entire team consisted of me - my 75 year old mom, my dad who is 80, my husband, who is self-employed and was only able to help the week of Christmas - and our awesome 11 year old son, Kaedin.
We had a wonderful experience working with the The Little Servant Sisters of The Immaculate Conception whose Edmund Early Education school collected donations for the kids of Project Christmas, despite the fact that their school was closed to the public and they couldn't hold a Giving Tree. Their collection was extremely important to our success!
We ended up working out of our warehouse in Berlin for the first year. We moved all of the additional clothing donations to our home, to sort and keep them stored until we would distribute them in January 2022. We held a second clothing distribution in April/May of 2022 as well.
We managed to take care of 19 families that were sponsored (fully assisted in all categories), and we also were able to provide gifts for the kids of the additional 21 families who were on our standby list.
We delivered twenty two full sized and five miniature Christmas trees to families in need - provided holiday decorations and household items for more than two dozen families who needed them.
In the month after Christmas, we distributed 129 bags and boxes of clothing that we packed for the families who needed them. In the Spring of 2022, we distributed another 94 bags and boxes of clothing to an addition 41 families who were not part of our Christmas program!
Here is the link to the 2021 Fundraiser where you can see the updates we posted;
https://www.gofundme.com/f/project-christmas-families-in-need-2021
We had a wonderful experience working with the The Little Servant Sisters of The Immaculate Conception whose Edmund Early Education school collected donations for the kids of Project Christmas, despite the fact that their school was closed to the public and they couldn't hold a Giving Tree. Their collection was extremely important to our success!
We ended up working out of our warehouse in Berlin for the first year. We moved all of the additional clothing donations to our home, to sort and keep them stored until we would distribute them in January 2022. We held a second clothing distribution in April/May of 2022 as well.
We managed to take care of 19 families that were sponsored (fully assisted in all categories), and we also were able to provide gifts for the kids of the additional 21 families who were on our standby list.
We delivered twenty two full sized and five miniature Christmas trees to families in need - provided holiday decorations and household items for more than two dozen families who needed them.
In the month after Christmas, we distributed 129 bags and boxes of clothing that we packed for the families who needed them. In the Spring of 2022, we distributed another 94 bags and boxes of clothing to an addition 41 families who were not part of our Christmas program!
Here is the link to the 2021 Fundraiser where you can see the updates we posted;
https://www.gofundme.com/f/project-christmas-families-in-need-2021
Photos of 2021's Collection & Distribution of Gifts:
Check out all the hard work we did for our 2021 families!