Dear Friend of the Christ Child Society,
The Christ Child Society was founded more than 125 years ago by a very special woman, Mary Virginia Merrick, who is now a candidate for canonization in the Catholic Church. Despite becoming paralyzed following a treehouse fall as a teenager, she transformed and inspired thousands of people. Some of her early acts of kindness were to sew and assemble beautiful layettes for infants that were born into poverty in the DC area. She knew the value of gifts each mother would receive and enlist many friends to assist and deliver them and to seek out those who were in the most need.
In her footsteps we find ourselves hoping to live up to such a legacy. My own children came home to every possible necessity. Many infants in the Detroit area don't have such luxuries. It is our hope to deliver layettes to these new mothers, give them hope and our prayers for a bright future for their child while easing some of the burden for the first few months with clothing and necessities.
Members of the Detroit Chapter gather and assemble over 2,000 layettes each and every year. That is 2,000 mothers and 2,000 babies that feel the love and the warmth from our hearts and our cozy fleece blankets!
Each layette contains:
A Fleece blanket, a flannel receiving blanket, a thermal receiving blanket, a hooded bath towel, two wash cloths, two sleepers, two gowns, a cap, two burp cloths, two pairs of socks, five onesies, two pacifiers, a Christ Child card, a book and often a handmade item. Each layette has a cost of $40 to the Society.
As Mother's Day and Father's Day approach, we would love to honor those who kept you warm with a gift of a layette to our program. Mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, sisters, brothers, special friends or a new mother in your life, please think of anyone who would be touched by such a donation to someone less fortunate. The Society will send an acknowledgment card to your special person or a memorial card to the person you designate. These names will also be included in a Mass in June. 100% of your donation will go directly to our Layette program.
Please envision your layette warming a newborn in Detroit and her parents thanking the stranger that showed them what love and kindness means on such a special day. Thank you for your support, your generosity and your faith in us to continue to do the work of the Christ Child Society and Mary Virginia Merrick.
Most Sincerely,
Laura Keziah
President
Christ Child Society of Detroit
The Christ Child Society was founded more than 125 years ago by a very special woman, Mary Virginia Merrick, who is now a candidate for canonization in the Catholic Church. Despite becoming paralyzed following a treehouse fall as a teenager, she transformed and inspired thousands of people. Some of her early acts of kindness were to sew and assemble beautiful layettes for infants that were born into poverty in the DC area. She knew the value of gifts each mother would receive and enlist many friends to assist and deliver them and to seek out those who were in the most need.
In her footsteps we find ourselves hoping to live up to such a legacy. My own children came home to every possible necessity. Many infants in the Detroit area don't have such luxuries. It is our hope to deliver layettes to these new mothers, give them hope and our prayers for a bright future for their child while easing some of the burden for the first few months with clothing and necessities.
Members of the Detroit Chapter gather and assemble over 2,000 layettes each and every year. That is 2,000 mothers and 2,000 babies that feel the love and the warmth from our hearts and our cozy fleece blankets!
Each layette contains:
A Fleece blanket, a flannel receiving blanket, a thermal receiving blanket, a hooded bath towel, two wash cloths, two sleepers, two gowns, a cap, two burp cloths, two pairs of socks, five onesies, two pacifiers, a Christ Child card, a book and often a handmade item. Each layette has a cost of $40 to the Society.
As Mother's Day and Father's Day approach, we would love to honor those who kept you warm with a gift of a layette to our program. Mothers, fathers, grandmothers, grandfathers, sisters, brothers, special friends or a new mother in your life, please think of anyone who would be touched by such a donation to someone less fortunate. The Society will send an acknowledgment card to your special person or a memorial card to the person you designate. These names will also be included in a Mass in June. 100% of your donation will go directly to our Layette program.
Please envision your layette warming a newborn in Detroit and her parents thanking the stranger that showed them what love and kindness means on such a special day. Thank you for your support, your generosity and your faith in us to continue to do the work of the Christ Child Society and Mary Virginia Merrick.
Most Sincerely,
Laura Keziah
President
Christ Child Society of Detroit