Helping This Holiday Season

It’s that time of year when our community comes together to help those who are in need. If you would like help your community this holiday season, Sister Carmen Community Center is a great place to get connected!

We will be distributing holiday food boxes to clients again this year. These are in addition to the normal food boxes available through our food bank twice per month. In 2008 we distributed about 1,350 holiday food boxes to clients. With the current economic situation, more and more families are in need, so it is possible we will distribute even more boxes this year.

Clients will be able to come in and pick up holiday food boxes food at our Center in both November and December. We will also be delivering holiday food boxes and gifts to senior clients and clients with disabilities.
There are a few ways you can help this year:

~We are in need of grocery gift cards from King Soopers or Walmart in $10 and $15 increments. These grocery gift cards will be given to client families along with their holiday food boxes. Clients use the cards to buy their own meat for their holiday meal.

~We are also in need of “Pie Bags” that we will distribute along with our holiday food boxes. These bags should include pumpkin pie mix, evaporated milk, and a pie crust. Please feel free to have fun with this if you would like. You can package the items in a festive holiday bag and include a recipe. Or, you can just simply deliver the items as is. Whatever you decide to do will be a huge help!

~Bring in new hats, gloves, mittens, and scarves that we can distribute to clients as the weather gets colder.

We are collecting these donations now through December 22nd. Donations are welcome anytime. If you have any questions, please contact Julie Piller, our Holiday Coordinator. We will also be in need of extra volunteers in November and December to help with holiday needs. Please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Sierra May Bishop, at 303-665-4342 ext. 25 if you are interested in volunteering. We look forward to working with you again this holiday season!