Our 2025 Hamper Program prepared 184 hampers and served 688 people including 131 families with children. The SSVP boundaries were extended to include Trinity Hills and Crestmont which, although there were few referrals from this area, did increase the potential population served and expand our delivery area. This year we also distributed 44 boxes of diapers to families in need. Our total number of people served is the highest since we began keeping records.

In addition to the seventeen members of the Organizing Committee, 435 individual volunteer slots were filled. Service opportunities were made available for young confirmation candidates through the Angel Tree gift preparation. Our program was supported by groups of volunteers from Knights of Columbus, Coffee Ministry, and the staff of John Costello School.

We cannot THANK YOU ALL ENOUGH for your phenomenal preparation and devotion to this Annual Christmas Hamper Extravaganza!   Your generosity is overwhelming and allows us to serve so beautifully and bountifully the marginalized in our community.  Clearly, without your help we could not achieve anywhere near this level of support to our dear suffering people we serve.  Furthermore, all of our deliverers are made to feel so welcome by anyone they encounter while picking up Christmas Hampers for delivery.  Once again, the reactions of the dear families we are serving are absolutely HEARTWARMING.  There are many tears of JOY shed upon receiving these magnificent hampers.Finally, wishing all of the Vincentian TEAM at St. Michaels a BLESSED Christmastime and a Very Happy New Year in 2026. —St. Bernards/Our Lady of Assumption SSVP

Our 2024 Christmas Hamper program successfully brought the joy of Christmas to 168 families and delivered Christmas gifts to 262 children through our Angel Tree program.

We provided support to a diverse group of individuals, including families facing financial hardship, those living with disabilities that limited their ability to work, and survivors of domestic abuse. In addition to food hampers, we were able to distribute 45 boxes of diapers to families in need.

We were Blessed to serve 660 people which included 300 adults and 360 children, through the generous hearts of our benefactors!

With so much GRATITUDE to your whole VINCENTIAN team at St. Michaels Catholic Community! To see you all in action, radiating JOY as you work is very life-giving! Vincentians are to serve Christ in the poor with love, respect, justice, hope and joy! The atmosphere at St. Michaels is HOLY!

We at St. Bernard’s and Our Lady of Assumption SSVP Conference are amazed at your generosity for those we serve and for your help we are all so grateful  – especially this year! YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT OUR RECIPIENTS OF THESE MARVELOUS CHRISTMAS HAMPERS ARE ALWAYS OVERWHELMED AND LOTS OF TEARS SHED, TEARS OF JOY. We feel VERY BLESSED that you continue to include our conference into your Christmas Hamper Extravaganza! Please pass along our heartfelt GRATITUDE to all of your team at St. Michaels. 

SPECIAL CHRISTMAS BLESSINGS TO ALL OF YOU AT CHRISTMASTIME AND THROUGHOUT THE NEW YEAR, 2025!

–St. Bernards/Our Lady of Assumption SSVP