Kris Kringle-Adopt-A-Family Program

Thanksgiving weekend begins the Kris Kringle Adopt-A-Family program. Cards with the first names of over 50 families, their assigned numbers, and gift wish lists, hang on the Christmas tree outside the sanctuary, available for congregation members to adopt for Christmas. Schaumburg Township provides the names. A $25 food certificate is suggested as one gift. When you choose a family, write your name and phone number on the poster board beside the Christmas tree, next to the family's number. Sometimes, more than one church congregation family will adopt a single family from the tree. Or, sometimes committees or other groups will adopt a family.

Once the family names are removed from the tree in the narthex, it becomes the Mittee Tree, and is then redecorated with hats, gloves, mittens, and scarves that are collected the Sunday before Christmas and given to the Schaumburg Food Pantry for distribution to needy people.

There is a Christmas party in Fellowship Hall for the adopted families, where the gifts are distributed and a light meal offered. Santa attends this party and distributes the gifts and other toys to the families and children. Helping out with this party is a great way to participate in the AAF program even if you were not able to adopt a family from the tree.

The Church and Society Committee sponsors this activity.