Wells and Kittery Parishes Work Together to Assemble 325 Boxes of Joy

WELLS---Thanks to generous parishioners and community members from around York County, hundreds of mission children will receive presents at Christmas.

Parishioners in Wells, Kennebunk, Kittery, York, and South Berwick filled 325 boxes full of Christmas gifts for kids who have never received one before. Thanks to Cross Catholic Outreach, all the boxes will be delivered to children in need living in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala to spread joy and mercy at Christmas time.

“Participants bless children suffering from extreme poverty by sharing the joy of Christmas and planting seeds of hope,” said Lisa White, an organizer of the initiative at Holy Spirit Parish in Kennebunk and Wells. “Our parish, along with Veronica Richards and the Parish of the Ascension of the Lord in York, Kittery, and South Berwick, collected the boxes and prepared them for shipping. It was a huge success and we had lots of positive feedback from parishioners.”

The parishes plan on conducting the program again in 2023.