What do you get when you cross COVID-19 and our Christmas Star Program? Santa with no reindeer! Well, not on Holy Trinity’s watch, thank you very much! Like so many other things this year in relation to COVID, we have reinvented the wheel AND we need your help!
Usually, at this time of year Holy Trinity is beginning the six-week collection of groceries items, coordinators are preparing 600 + gift stars for YOU, our faithful givers, to lovingly shop for Christmas gifts for our brothers and sisters in need. We are usually enlisting 100’s of volunteers to sort, organize, donate turkeys and hams and deliver all of these wonderful things to four different groups. Anyone that has participated in Star in the past will tell you just how enriching the entire experience is!
Well now, here we are amid COVID and the need for help is still present and indeed, in many cases, it is greater. We still want to help, but don’t want to put recipients or volunteers at a greater risk of getting sick. What to do? To minimize risk and guarantee help to our families, we will be collecting only monetary gifts this year.
Who are we helping?
Holy Trinity assists families at Nativity Preparatory Academy, St. Monica’s Church, St. Michael’s Church, and Our Lady of the Americas Church. That is approximately 60 families or 300 individuals. We have also been able to provide some extra food to Sr. Regis Food Ministry and HOPE Ministry. Those numbers don’t even speak to the 100+ Webster families supported by HOPE Ministry.
What is being asked of me?
We are asking everyone to take some time to consider all the ways you have helped Star in the past. Did you bring in a bag of groceries each week? Maybe each one of your family members chose a star gift. Was your contribution a plump Christmas turkey or ham? Can you add that all up this year and put it in the form of a monetary gift to help bring Christmas to so many?
How do I help?
There are three ways to donate: Mail a check to Holy Trinity with “Star 2020” in the memo line on or before Sunday, November 22.
If you already donate online, log-in to your account and select the option for Star 2020.
In-person donations can be dropped in STAR collection baskets the weekend of November 14-15 & 21-22.
I have questions!
If your questions are regarding support of city families, please contact Helen Sleeman at 265-1616 ext: 337 or Helen.sleeman@dor.org. If your questions are regarding support of Webster families, please contact Margery Morgan at 265-6694 or Margery.morgan@dor.org.
