Holidays 2025

Our Three Main Efforts to Make the Holidays Sparkle!

HOLIDAY MALL, providing gifts purchased by donors or bought with funds donated for this purpose: These gifts are offered at our annual holiday mall where parents, who know their kids best, pick out gifts they’ll love. The joyful, festive mall experience includes picking out full stockings, enjoying a staffed cafe with homemade goodies while families wait for volunteers to wrap their gifts (if they choose), plus choosing goodies or staples from a food pantry so there’s plenty of yummy food for the big day. The entire event is run by Domus staff and volunteers to give over 300 families a fun-filled morning. HOW YOU CAN HELP: We rely heavily on monetary and item donations for this event. Your team can host a toy or food drive or donate here to help us purchase items that don’t get donated. We also rely on volunteers for many different aspects of this event. We ask people to work two-hour shifts and will have sign up on our website as we get closer. Some jobs include staffing the toy tables, being personal family shoppers, working the food pantry, working in our cafe, translating for families, and more!

ANGEL FAMILIES, providing gifts to our most struggling families: Our staff IDs families facing the most dire or difficult circumstances, and we find groups or individuals willing to adopt these Angel Families and give them a Christmas they’ll never forget. (Our holiday team can help you if you’re out of the region or too busy to shop… just ask!) HOW YOU CAN HELP: Adopt an Angel Family as a team, individual, family, or however else you see fit. Help recruit more people willing to adopt. Spread the word about this unique way of bringing holiday cheer to families in need!

FOOD DRIVES, providing food for Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday celebrations to over 400 families: We solicit food and cash donations so we can provide families with food of their choosing for their celebrations. This food also helps families get through school breaks when their students aren’t being fed at school and more food is needed at home. HOW YOU CAN HELP: Host a food drive collecting the specific items we need, have members
of your team create full bags from either food list them to go directly to families, donate $25 Shop Rite or Stop and Shop gift cards, or make a fully tax-deductible gift here.