Christmas Shop
For decades, the Christmas Shop has served as a catalyst for people of faith to find ways to reach out to others. CMS’s successful Christmas Shop brings hope and joy to children and families in the most need during the holiday season. CMS collects thousands of gift items, which are provided, collected, and sorted by volunteers from dozens of congregations, youth groups, college students, and several businesses. Over 300 volunteers contribute their time to make this program a success. We are also grateful to First Congregational Church in Winchester for their hospitality and generous gift of space to us for the Shop.
These clothes, toys, books, and household goods are then made available to our own Homelessness Prevention clients. In addition, we work with several other community partners who receive a portion of these donations and distribute them to their own clients. More than 4,000 people were served by this program in 2010.
Each year, people’s generosity is only matched by their genuine enthusiasm for participating in the giving and volunteering that is essential to the Shop’s success.
The best stories of holiday giving are about hundreds of people who reach into their hearts, their pocketbooks, and their personal time to give and unconditionally care about people they have never met through the CMS Christmas Shop.
Thanks to our Special Friends!
The Madrona Tree Restaurant, 315 Broadway in Arlington, will be collecting coats from their customers to donate to our Coat Boston program!
The Louisa May Alcott Museum in Concord is inviting their visitors during December to purchase an item from their gift shop and donate it to the Christmas Shop!
How you can help?
Christmas Shop 2011 ideas for groups
Christmas Shop 2011 Gift Items you can donate