About our Santa Program

We sponsor children that are being served through the Cornerstone Community Outreach Program homeless shelter and low-income family programs in the neighborhood. So children from newborn up to age 17 might be on our list of children looking for sponsors. Please feel free to talk to your co-workers, friends and family to see if they'd like to participate this holiday season. Our program has grown year-to-year because people like yourself were willing to spread the word and get involved.

NEW THIS YEAR: We are taking on an additional 30 children in an After School Program for low income and homeless children in honor of our Super Santa Helper - Larry Wier - who is playing Santa in heaven this year. Seperate donation information is below if you'd like to make a donation in honor of Super Santa Helper - Larry Wier..

We have a revised COVID Christmas plan this year and won't be assigning children's names for gift shopping, instead we're asking for cash donations or gift cards from Target, Walmart or Amazon only.

The social workers will safely distribute the gift cards or take children shopping so they can pick out their own gifts.:

MAKE A DONATION to Our Annual SantaProgram

We're encouraging people to make a donation to support one child or more. Average donations are $25 – $30 per child, but please feel free to give what you can.

This allows our social workers to do specific shopping for the children and make use of local merchants who are offering special discounts to our program.

Ways to donate to CCO SantaProgram:

• PayPal: You can go to this link to make a donation directly to CCO's , please make sure you put "Wier CCO SantaProgram" in the "Please notify" box and also designate "Christmas Gifts for Children" so all funds go directly to the children for Christmas.

• Send a cash donation to Phyllis through Zelle Pay. Please make sure you mark it for CCO SantaProgram.
  

• Send us $25 or $30 gift cards from Target, Walmart or Amazon (social workers will distribute appropriately to children or buy specific items on a child's Santa Wish). Mail to the CCO address below.
  

• Send a check made payable to: Cornerstone Community Outreach (reference: CCO SantaProgram in check memo area)
  
  Mail Checks or Gift Cards to our CCO Santa Coordinator:
  Attn: Eve Haycock
  Cornerstone Community Outreach
  4615 N Clifton Avenue
  Chicago, Illinois 60640

Please email to let us know you've mailed something so we know it's on the way and can plan accordingly.

MAKE A DONATION in Memory of Larry Wier for our After School Holiday Party

Your donation allows us to create stockings with gifts and goodies inside for these 30 After School children. Depending on donations we hope to include Gingerbread House decorating kits and ice cream from Tate's Ice Cream Shop in LaGrange, IL.

Ways to donate to After School Holiday Party:

• Send a cash donation to phyllis@wierfamily.com through Zelle Pay. Please make sure you mark it for SantaPrograms After School Holiday Party.
  

• Send us gift cards from Target, Walmart or Amazon that we'll use for stocking gifts to the children. You can mail to the address below or send e-cards via email to Phyllis
  

• Send a check made payable to: Phyllis (reference: SantaProgram After School Donation on check memo area)
  
  Mail Checks or Gift Cards:
  Attn: Phyllis Wier
  106 W Calendar Ave Suite 97
  LaGrange, Illinois 60525
  
  Please email Phyllis you've mailed something so we know it's on the way and can plan accordingly.

School or group projects
If you'd like to get your children involved in helping other children, talk to them about their classroom or organization getting involved by taking up a collection.

Thanks to all the wonderful people that are helping our Santa program!

Cornerstone Community Outreach is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and all donations are 100% tax deductible. CCO will send you a tax donation letter in January.

Please feel free to contact us
with any suggestions or questions.

Heather Wier Vaught or Phyllis Wier

We hope we can count on your support to help spread the word so we can help as many children as possible to have another very merry holiday.

Whether it's your first year getting involved, or you're part of our growing family of supporters. Every supporter of our program helps make one more child or family happy over the holidays. You can support us with a monetary donation, shop for a child or children and sharing our project helps us grow and serve more children.