Adopt-a-Family Christmas has become a holiday tradition at St. Jude the Apostle parish community in Westlake Village, CA. It's our way of brightening Christmas for less fortunate children and families throughout Ventura and Los Angeles Counties. Here's a quick overview of the program:

• Every child in the families we adopt will receive a wrapped box (roughly the size of a shoe box) filled with gifts.
• For each gift box given, we will provide a gift card to give to the child’s parent(s) to purchase gifts.
• You will be able to adopt and provide a gift box for as many children as desired; girls and/or boys sorted in various age groups.
• Click here for a detailed overview

We offer you the following options to support Adopt-a-Family Christmas:

1. Select one or more children to provide a gift-filled box.
2. Make a financial donation for the purchase of gift cards.
3. Or do both.
4. Volunteer to help out on our gift collection day.

The upcoming Adopt-a-Family Christmas drive:

• Our initial email outreach for sign-ups and donations begins in early October every year - to be added to our email list, write us at: [email protected].
• We also will host in-person sign-ups after every Mass mid-November.
• Adopt-A-Family gift collection day is on a Saturday in early December every year.

More details are provided here where you will also find the online sign-up form (which will be activated in October) to select the child or children for whom you choose to provide gifts.  If you have additional questions or would like to volunteer, email us at [email protected], or phone Karen Nichta @ 818-383-4406 or Kathy Terndrup @ 818-599-3967, or Kim Chopp @805-501-5660.