A Christmas Wish - Centre County

10/16/2026

Link in the comments!

10/04/2026

09/23/2026

🎄❤️ A Christmas Wish is growing! ❤️🎄

We are SO excited to share that A Christmas Wish has secured a new home for the 2026 season at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Port Matilda!

This larger indoor space will give us room for the incredible volume of gifts that comes with Christmas Wish, allow our volunteers to work primarily inside and in the warmth (🙌😂), and — most importantly — help us open our doors to even more local children this Christmas.

This move feels especially meaningful when we think about where we started. A Christmas Wish began right in the basement of our home, grew into the Women of the Moose meeting room at the Bellefonte Moose, and now has grown enough to need a large activity space. 🥹

We are incredibly grateful to the Bellefonte Moose Lodge #206
and the Women of the Moose for welcoming us into their space for the past two Christmas seasons and giving our little program room to grow. Their generosity helped us reach more families, organize more gifts, and become the program we are today. ❤️

From a basement ➡️ to a meeting room ➡️ to a whole activity space.

More room. More kiddos. Same Christmas magic. 🎁✨

We cannot WAIT for Christmas 2026! 🎄❤️

09/15/2026

🎄✨ A Christmas Wish Applications Open October 4th! ✨🎄

The holiday season will be here before we know it, and A Christmas Wish is getting ready to help make Christmas a little brighter for local children and families. ❤️

📅 Applications open October 4th and will remain open through October 17th.

If your family could use a little extra help making Christmas magical this year, we encourage you to apply once applications open. 🎁

Please help us spread the word by sharing this post so we can reach families in our community who may need a Christmas Wish this year. ❤️🎄

✨ Applications open: October 4
✨ Application deadline: October 17
✨ More information and the application link will be posted right here on our page!

We can’t wait for another season of neighbors helping neighbors make Christmas wishes come true. 🎅🏼🎁❤️

12/13/2025

❤️ THANK YOU ❤️

To everyone who donated, THANK YOU! We raised enough money for the kiddos in need, plus some! We were able to shop and get everything on the kiddos wish lists tonight. We truly have an amazing community, ready and willing to step in and step up. Thank you for all that you do!

I’m so happy to share that we also have enough money leftover from donations to save and put towards a couple of kiddos next year, or perhaps stock up on wrapping paper during the after-Christmas sale (looking at you, Five Below!!).

Sending a big THANK YOU to Connie Constance, who was my shopping buddy tonight. Couldn’t do it without you!

This past week has been mayhem - we are tired, but our hearts are full! We are so excited for gift pickup tomorrow - the days where everything becomes worth it!!

See you all in the morning 👋

12/10/2025

Looking for help!

Hi everyone,

One of our sponsors unfortunately did not drop off gifts and is not returning our calls and texts. As a result, we have two kiddos in need of support!

I will be shopping for these kiddos on Friday evening, just in time for gift distribution this weekend. We only have about $100 in our ACW bank account, and need some help making Christmas happen for these kiddos.

If you would like to make a small contribution towards these kiddos - even $10 or $20 - we would greatly appreciate it!!

Thank you!!!

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

We are so thankful to be able to lead the charge on a community initiative that blesses to many. Thank you to our army of sponsors who make it possible - we are so unbelievably thankful for you!

May you enjoy a wonderful day of peace, joy, fellowship (and great food)! ❤️🦃