The Women of Nativity (WON) organize an annual Advent Giving Tree project to provide help at Christmas for our brothers and sisters in need by offering a conduit for parishioners to deliver much needed items to several Nativity charities and community partner organizations. Gifts for children are highlighted, but persons of all ages benefit. We would very much appreciate your support and prayers for another successful Giving Tree Project.
How it Works
Ornaments are hung on the Advent tree in the church narthex. The ornaments will have the requested gift listed. Please pick the ornaments of your choice on November 16/17 & 23/24
Parishioners purchase the requested gift and securely attach the ornament to the gift purchased. This helps in separating and bagging the gifts for the various groups.
Requested gifts are then returned to the church narthex on the collection dates of November 30/December 1 and December 7/8. December 8 is the last day to return the gifts.
It is important to return gifts on the scheduled dates to meet the delivery requirements of the charities. It would be sad if we could not fulfill a child’s request. Again, we thank our caring parishioners who will make this a special and happy holiday for many of our less fortunate neighbors!
Wrapping Instructions
Wrapping instructions for each newly purchased gift are on the back of the ornament. Several of the organizations we service have requested the gifts be UNWRAPPED for easier distribution and to maintain the integrity of their program involving young children. Please securely attach the ornament you have chosen to the gift. This helps us greatly in separating and bagging the gifts for the various groups.
GIFT CARDS should be placed in an envelope with the recipient marked on the outside. Please write gift card $ amount on the gift card. It is easier to handle GIFT CARDS if they are not wrapped.
2024 Charity Ornaments
- Purple Christmas Ball | SOME (So Others Might Eat): Helps clients with immediate and long-term needs by focusing on five key areas: Housing, Emergency & Social Services, Healthcare, Education & Workforce Development, and Advocacy.
- Light Green House | Appalachian Home Building Project: Helping the Knights of Columbus collect items for the family who will receive a new home in Kentucky next June.
- Lavender Laundry Basket | Laundry Love: Helps individuals and/or families once a month at a local laundromat. Provides food baskets to the families for Christmas.
- Red Ornament | Nativity Parish families in need/Sisters Charities
- Bright Yellow Christmas Ball | Hispanic Outreach Program
- Green Christmas Ball | ECHO: Children’s Christmas Gifts
- Medium Blue Christmas Ball | St. Augustine Church, Washington, D.C. -Christmas gifts for Children
- Orange Gingerbread Men | Father Wilson’s Counseling Project
- Light Pink Christmas Ball | Migration & Refugee Services/ Catholic Charities: Household items to help families get settled in their new country
- Lavender Christmas Ball | Lorton Community Action Center: working to break the cycle of poverty and prevent
homelessness through a variety of services and programs. - Medium Blue Diamond | MaRih Center (new this year): For 50 years the Center has been serving area Moms and their
children by providing pregnancy testing, Maternity and baby clothes, diapers, formula, car seats and other types of baby equipment. - Multi-colored Small Tags | Seniors of Alexandria: Gift cards for residents of Annie B. Rose House
- Donation Form & Envelope for Direct Mailing: Divine Mercy Care (DMC) | Committed to helping all women access pro-life medical care by partnering with pro-life doctors to build the culture of life. DMC also provides charity support to Tepeyac OB/GYN in Fairfax
- Donation Form & Envelope for Direct Mailing: Gabriel Project | Catholic Charity sponsored; donations assist unwed mothers with pre/post-natal needs.
- Donation Form & Envelope for Direct Mailing: Holy Family Hospital | Work of the Order of Malta, providing state-of-the-art pediatric, obstetric, and gynecological care to women and children of the Holy Land.
Contact
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact
Patrice Chadbourne
patdavchad@yahoo.com
OR
Kathy McHugh
irish5579@gmail.com