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Every holiday season, MSPCC is fortunate to receive an outpouring of support from individuals and companies who share one goal: filling children’s holiday seasons with joy. We’re grateful for all those who fulfill wishlists, purchase gift cards, and/or volunteer to make each holiday season one to remember. And while we have ways for anyone to get involved, a few companies have found especially creative ways to bring holiday cheer to children and families.

Turning Young Families’ Houses into Homes

Furnishing a home can be a daunting, expensive task for many families. This rings especially true for many participants in Healthy Families, a voluntary and free home-based family coaching program that supports young, first-time parents under the age of 23 and helps them create stable, nurturing environments for their children.

Recognizing that their support could make an extra difference to young families, during one holiday season, Yale Appliance Foundation stepped in to provide every family in MSPCC’s New Bedford Healthy Families program with two presents of their choice. Program Director Debbie DeAlmeida recalls, “Families were struggling and requested large items like dorm fridges and portable washing machines. Yale Appliance Foundation graciously fulfilled these requests.” In addition to providing gifts, Yale Appliance Foundation staff attended the program’s holiday party, manning the food table, distributing meals, and spreading joy. Because of their support, 80 young families’ homes felt a little brighter that holiday season.

Coming Together to Bring Santa’s Sleigh to Town

Each holiday season, MSPCC receives wish lists from children in our programs across Massachusetts. Our staff are eager to make holiday dreams come true, and we’re lucky to have a generous community of supporters who are ready to help – including PwC and SPRY Moving Boston.

For more than a decade, PwC has fulfilled up to 200 holiday wish lists from children of all ages, purchasing gifts and wrapping them at their Boston office. In recent years, as the question of how to transport the ever-growing mountain of gifts back to MSPCC arose, SPRY Moving Boston stepped in to provide a large truck and professional movers to serve as “Santa’s sleigh and helpers.” The truck transports the gifts from PwC’s Boston office to MSPCC’s Lexington headquarters, where MSPCC staff and volunteers sort and prepare the gifts for distribution. Through this collaboration, we’re reminded that coming together to bring children and families joy is the true definition of holiday magic.

This article originally appeared in the Winter 2025 edition of Inspire, MSPCC’s newsletter. Click here to read more!