90 Sponsors Needed for Catholic Charities Share the Spirit

Share the Spirit needs 90 sponsors to help support families in need this holiday season.

Share the Spirit, a program of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud, helps provide a wonderful holiday experience for households in need by matching individuals and families referred to Catholic Charities by area social workers, medical providers and education professionals with individuals, groups and organizations that wish to provide gifts for a memorable holiday season.

Share the Spirit has 290 families who have applied for the 2022 program, an increase from 284 families in 2021.

“By partnering with local professionals, we’re able to identify and lift up local families in need during the holiday season,” said Melissa Blair, Share the Spirit program coordinator.

“When you sponsor a family, you receive a list of the family’s wants and needs for each household member. Families of all sizes are available for Share the Spirit sponsorship, and we ask that donors spend about $70 per family member on gifts,” says Blair.

“We also accept monetary donations to the program. When you donate online at ccstcloud.org/donate and designate your gift to Share the Spirit, we’ll do the shopping for you,” says Blair.

Items that have been gift-wrapped are delivered to the Minnesota National Guard Armory in St. Cloud on Thursday, December 15. Sponsored families or their area social workers pick up gifts the following day on Friday, December 16.

To sponsor a Share the Spirit family, visit ccstcloud.org/sharethespirit and complete and submit the Sponsor a Family online donor form. Or call Melissa Blair, Share the Spirit program coordinator, at 320-229-4580.