To make the holidays a little brighter, members of our Christopher House community purchase gifts, gift cards, and pantry staples for Christopher House families. Supporters in our community are matched with a Christopher House family and purchase items from a wish list provided by each family. 

On behalf of all of us at Christopher House, thank you for your interest! Please see below for next steps on how to get involved:

1. For individuals, please complete this online registration form. For companies or groups, please complete this online registration form.
2. Beginning in October, Christopher House will anonymously match you or your organization with families identified using a unique code. Matches are made based on the number of families and family size you request on the registration form. After a match has been made, we will contact you via email with your matched family’s unique code and holiday list. 
3. All purchased items should be new, wrapped, and fit into one large bag. Please make sure that gifts are clearly labeled with your family’s unique code. For the health and safety of Christopher House families, we are unable to accept any used items.
4. We encourage donors to purchase gift cards in lieu of wrapped gifts to support dignity of choice for our families. 
5. Drop off gifts at our designated drop off sites on the listed dates and times (see questions below).
6. Sign up for a drop off date during initial registration.
7. To receive an in-kind donation acknowledgment letter, complete this form.

Drop off days will be updated in the Fall of 2025.

We do ask that you try to drop-off gifts during our drop off dates. If special circumstances prevent you from making the drop-off date, please contact holiday@christopherhouse.org.  

We will do our absolute best to match you with a family based on your requests.  

All matches are made at a first come, first served basis. If you are matched with a family but decide later that you would like to be matched with an additional family, we are happy to accommodate your request if there are families waiting to be matched at the time of your request. 

If you have questions regarding your family’s wish list, please email us at holiday@christopherhouse.org. 

We recommend Aldi, Jewel, Tony’s, and Walmart. Please be advised that we are unable to accept e-gift cards (electronic gift cards) at this time. Please ensure that gift cards are labeled with your family code to ensure that they can be delivered to the correct Christopher House family. 

If you would like to receive a tax acknowledgement receipt that includes the estimated value of your donation, please fill out this form.

If you wish to mail in this form via paper copy, please mail it to:

Christopher House 
Attention: External Affairs 
1611 W Division St Ste 207 
Chicago, IL 60622 

To protect the privacy of our Christopher House families, there will not be an opportunity to meet families in-person. Our policy is that we do not share personal information between Christopher House families and supporters. We thank you for your understanding of this request from our families.   

Christopher House welcomes monetary donations in support of our scholars and families. Click here to make a gift today! 

If you are interested in other ways to give, please contact our Director of External Affairs, Tihela Feit, at tfeit@christopherhouse.org.