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H O L I D A Y P R O J E C T R O U N D - U P People of All Ages Benefit from CCS Holiday Projects Children served by the CCS Hope House enjoy a visit from Santa at Assumption Parish in Bellingham. During the holiday season, Catholic Community Services teams up with individuals, parishes, businesses, and community organizations to sponsor a variety of holiday events and projects that assist individuals and families in need. Planning is well under way, and now is the time to get involved! The events and projects are described by region. CCS King County The three King County family centers collaborate on the “Adopt a Family” program to provide gifts and gift certificates for low-income families. Clients are referred from several programs. After a family fills out a holiday wish list, the family center refers the list to a generous donor, who works to fulfill requests. Donors are able to meet with families to deliver the gifts. Potential donors can contact one of the King County family centers for more information: The Randolph Carter Family and Learning Center in Seattle, 206-328- 6854; the East King County Family Center in Bellevue, 425-284-2211; and the South King County Family Center in Kent, 253-854-0077. Christmas for Families: A Celebration of Hope is an annual fund-raising event benefiting the King County family centers. This year’s celebration, to be emceed by local television personality John Curley, will take place December 2 at The Westin Hotel in Seattle. Three annual CCS awards will be presented: the Archbishop Thomas J. Murphy Servant Leadership Award; the Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen Humanitarian Award; and the Archbishop Alex J. Burnett Outstanding Benefactor Award. Invitations to the event are sent to previous participants. Others who would like to attend the celebration may call Naomi Tuttle at 206-328- 5703. The ticket cost is $150 per person. Holidays at the Hardwoods is a CCS fund-raiser in conjunction with the Seattle SuperSonics. Starting November 30, the Sonics will put the CCS web site link on their site, www. supersonics.com, for donations. In addition, CCS will be featured during the Sonics’ game against Houston on December 15. Volunteer Chore Services (VCS) of King County sponsors an annual “Shoeboxes of Joy” project that provides holiday gifts for low-income elderly and disabled persons in need. Parishes, businesses, organizations and individuals are invited to fill wrapped shoeboxes with useful quality items, as well as fun and specialty items, for delivery during the holidays. The boxes typically include toiletry items, specialty food items for those that are diabetic, batteries, flashlights, gift cards for groceries, 12 Samaritan Magazine Fall 2005
phone cards, games, socks and stamps. A list of recommended items is available. Persons who would like to participate in the project should contact the project information line at 425-284-2240 by early December. For further information about CCS holiday programs in the King County area, contact Josephine Tamayo Murray, CCS King County agency director, at 206-328-5701 or josephinetm@ccsww.org. CCS Northwest The annual Holiday Giving Project and Community Dinner, a project of the Snohomish Family Center in Everett, provides lowincome families with gifts, food certificates and food baskets during the holiday season. Families submit a wish list of clothes and toys; donors select items from the list, purchase and wrap the items, and take them to the family center. For the community dinner, CCS invites all persons who are hungry to enjoy a home-cooked hot meal, prepared by volunteers. Further information is available from Sharon Paskewitz at the Snohomish Family Center, 425-257-2111. The CCS Hope House Christmas Project adopts 50 to 60 families in the Whatcom County area. These families each receive three toys, one outfit, and one stocking per child, as well as a gift for each parent. Members of Assumption parish in Bellingham who take tags from the parish “Angel Tree” provide the gifts, and classes at Assumption School adopt one or two families. Individual families and community groups also adopt families. The families pick up the gifts at Hope House a few days before Christmas. Further information is available from Cheri Woolsey, at Hope House, 360-223- 6141. The Giving Tree is organized by volunteers from Sacred Heart Parish in Bellingham, in collaboration with the CCS Whatcom Family Center in Bellingham. The program provides gifts for families and children in need. Each recipient usually has one “wish” and one “need” fulfilled. Gift tags can be chosen from the Giving Tree during Masses at Sacred Heart Church, beginning November 20. CCS staff will pick up their clients’ gifts in the parish hall December 8 and 9, and distribute them as clients come in for services. Further information is available from Ellen Fryxell at the Whatcom Family Center, 360-676-2164. Carefully wrapped and filled “Shoeboxes of Joy” await delivery to low-income elders and persons with disabilities. CCS Southwest The Tacoma Community Christmas Dinner will take place on Christmas Day, December 25, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Tahoma Family Center. The event provides a holiday meal for families and individuals in need. In addition, hot meals are delivered to some 200 homebound elderly and disabled persons in the Pierce County area. CCS assumed sponsorship of the dinner when the Red Cross ended its contract with Pierce County to provide senior nutrition services. Toy donations for children are accepted, but must be new, and in their original wrapping, for ages newborn through 16. Gifts for children ages 5-13 are most needed. Further information about toy donations is available from Pam Conn at 253-921-4668 or connpamela@yahoo.com. For other information, and to volunteer, contact Susan Schoberl at 253-474- 1200 or susansc@ccsww.org. The Tahoma Family Center and Volunteer Chore Services of Pierce County collaborate on an “Adopt a Family” project, which provides food for Thanksgiving and gifts for Christmas. Further information is available from Linda Dombrowski at 253-502-2741 orlindad@ccsww.org. The CCS Clark/Skamania Family Center in Vancouver coordinates a Family Assistance program during the holidays. Family center staff work with CCS Family Preservation Services (FPS) and the local Salvation Army to assist families in need, many of whom are FPS clients. Further information is available from Tami Kuzmovich at 360-567-2211 or 800-316-6454. Archdiocesan Housing Authority During the holiday season, the Archdiocesan Housing Authority (AHA) invites friends, donors and staff to “Shop AHA.” The Giving Tree program has 10 locations where handcrafted wooden toys can be purchased, as well as at www. ccsww.org/givingtreetoys/catalog. php. The workshop is located at 2008 Westlake Ave. in Seattle. Further information is available from Steve Sterling at 206-340-1575. AHA’s Noel House sells holiday cards and CDs to benefit the program for homeless women. Further information is available at www.noelhouse.org/index_holiday. html, and from Gillian Parke at 206- 441-3210. w w w.ccsw w.org Catholic Communit y Ser vices of Western Washington 13
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