Welcome to Christmas Cheer

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We are an all-volunteer group that delivers prepared meals and toys to Chicagoland homebound and hungry on Christmas Day. Christmas Cheer has been in existence for over thirty years, growing larger each year. On Christmas Day, over 15,000 are served meals and toys are given to around 1/3 of the recipients who are children. Christmas Cheer meals and toys are delivered to people in Chicago and 30 or more suburbs.

The names are secured from public service agencies, schools, township service offices, and people who call for help. Its success is based on contributions from community members and local business owners and hundreds of volunteers. The need for volunteers and donations grows annually.

As the face of Christmas Cheer keeps changing to reflect the generous heart of mercy that is in every benefactor and volunteer, we experience the season of giving stretching throughout the year. Once again, the Christmas Cheer Foundation expanded its delivery efforts to include large donations of food, toys, and books to various Chicagoland charitable agencies bringing the number of individuals we serve to over 100,000. And our new “Soup Outreach” program will feed over 28,000 people this year.