Become a Christmas Angel and support a local family this Christmas
Experience the joy of giving
Christmas can be a joyous time, it can also be a time of extreme struggle and stress for some South Canterbury families. Now more than ever local families are struggling and for many of them, this is a situation that they have never been in before . With your help these families get to celebrate Christmas.
The Family Works Christmas Angel Project will enable you, your family, friends, business, staff, work colleagues, groups or teams to buy gifts/gift vouchers, experiences etc for a local family in need this Christmas. Only families that have been referred by caseworkers from selected social service agencies are able to be sponsored. These families have experienced trauma and hardship and are working hard to improve their lives as well as their families.
Last year approximately 140 local families in our region were supported thanks to amazing people who became Christmas Angel sponsors. The families were so very grateful and overwhelmed by the generosity of their Christmas Angel sponsor and the sponsors felt really good to be able to help a real family in need.