A Little Bit of History

1989: Five women in the local Christian community organized a holiday giving program to provide Christmas for the disadvantaged residents of Wexford County. That year, 335 families and 1200 individuals were served on a $25,000 budget.

1990: The number of families who received through Project Christmas totaled 610 – almost double that of the first year.

1998: Missaukee County joined.

2004: A seven-member Board of Directors was established. We currently have thirteen board members.

2005: In July of 2005, Project Christmas became a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

2008: The Salvation Army and Toys for Tots joined our efforts. With the poor economy and families hit hard financially, we served our largest group to date in 2008, totaling 1135 families and 3400 individuals.

2019: We served over 800 families,

2022: The community need remains steady.