Christmas Sharing to Help District 200 Families in Need
Wheaton-Warrenville Christmas Sharing program will distribute gifts to more than 1,000 District 200 families Friday and Saturday.
Instead of shopping for Christmas gifts, more than 1,200 District 200 families in need are expected to pick out clothes, toys and other items that were donated through the Christmas Sharing program. Christmas Sharing, a 501(C)3 organization founded in 1969 by a District 200 school social worker, provides families within District 200 with food, gently-used clothes and toys that local churches, businesses and schools collect. Hundreds of volunteers work each year to collect and organize donations to prepare eight Wheaton churches to resemble giant resale stores or pickup sites. District 200 families apply to participate in the program through their children’s school. They receive an invitation to come to one of the designated churches to …
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