Christmas Giving Tree
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Thank you for your amazing generosity!
All 2300+ tags and 240+ grocery Gift Bags have been taken - a record for our parish!
Please return all gifts -unwrapped
to the church
by Sunday, December 7
Please return all grocery BLESSING BAGS
to the Ministry Center - 1st floor
by Friday, December 19
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About our Giving Tree
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Our Christmas Giving Tree
is our largest annual charitable outreach effort!
Begins Sunday, November 8
Ends Sunday, December 7
Our 2025 Giving Tree provided $89,000 in gifts, gift cards, and support to families in need through our strategic community partners:
Catholic Charities
Mira Via
Hope of Life (Esperanza de Vida)
Missionaries of Charities
Prayer Walk Homeless Ministry
Our Lady of Assumption Catholic School
Safe Alliance
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Ways to Participate in the Giving Tree
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PROVIDE GIFTS FOR A CHILD IN SPECIAL NEED*Thank you! Need has been met. All gifts have sponsors!*
Nine children have been identified by our charitable outreach partners who are facing especially difficult situations — a parent’s death, abuse and divorce, or disability and financial struggle.Provide toys/gifts (5 - 6 requested items) for one child
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Our Giving Tree Strategic Partners
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Missionaries of Charity
The Missionaries of Charity (founded by St. Teresa of Calcutta) offer services and care to the "poorest of the poor" in our community.
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Mira Via
Mira Via provides residential and social services for pregnant mothers and their children as they move toward independent and healthy living.
Learn more here.
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Hope of Life
Hope of Life (Esperanza de Vida) provides guidance for an improved quality of life for Hispanic children in our parish and community who struggle with mental or physical disabilities, illness or disorders and have little to no resources.
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Prayer Walk Homeless MinistryThis parish outreach to our unhoused neighbors living on the streets of Uptown Charlotte provides small essentials, items for warmth, food, water, and prayer. Learn more here.
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Our Lady of Assumption Catholic School
OLA is the most diverse parish in Charlotte, welcoming Catholics of all ethnic and cultural backgrounds. Some of its school families experience food insecurity.
Learn more here.
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Catholic Charities and Safe Alliance
Parishioners and community members in crisis who contact us for help are referred to Catholic Charities Social Services or Safe Alliance (for victims of domestic violence) to receive the comprehensive services they need. Our parish's financial support helps provide these critical services.
Learn more about Catholic Charities here.
Learn more about Safe Alliance here.
Learn more about Catholic Charities Transition Out of Poverty program here
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