Christmas Bureau
2026 Christmas Bureau
Providing food and gifts to income-qualifying families, seniors, and individuals this holiday season!
Sign-Ups are Oct. 1st-21st ONLY
Those who participated in our 2026 Back to School Shoe Program can sign up online:
Anyone who did not participate needs to call our office at 570-273-8695 to schedule an appointment.
The Christmas Bureau is only possible because of a community that cares. Every gift, donation, toy tag, volunteer hour, and act of generosity helps bring Christmas to our neighbors!
What is the Interfaith Christmas Bureau?
The Christmas Bureau is made up of three parts:
Holiday Assistance Program. Individual sponsors or a group of sponsors purchase new clothing and toys for a child from a family facing hardship. For many of our registered children, the gifts they receive through the Christmas Bureau Program will be the only ones they open on Christmas morning. Susquehanna County residents join together to make the Christmas Bureau possible by giving their time and resources. A lot of work goes into organizing and sorting the gifts and it would not be possible without the communities help. The Kiwanis Club and numerous other community organizations and members do a wonderful job of collecting toys and clothing for this program.
The Food Bag. Christmas can be more stressful than joyful when the budget is tight. Interfaith provides families, seniors, and singles with a bag of food. The hope is that by providing all of the fixings for their holiday meal, including a nice ham, we will help ease their burden and make the holiday brighter.
Adopt a Family. When a family is experiencing an especially difficult time, businesses, churches and individuals offer to buy everyone in the family gifts. As part of the program, those who adopt are given an extensive list of items that each member of the family would like. Often, this is the only time that mom and dad receive a gift for themselves. This is a wonderful opportunity to share hope and help for the entire family.
See the Christmas Bureau in action!
In 2025, our Christmas Bureau brought joy to more than 2,700 neighbors in our community.
More than 660 children had gifts waiting for them under the tree; gifts that, for many, were the only presents they would receive. More than 400 seniors were reminded that they are seen, valued, and remembered through gifts and meals shared with them.
These numbers represent more than gifts and meals. They represent neighbors showing up for neighbors, kindness becoming tangible, and a community coming together to make Christmas brighter.
When we come together to serve, it truly is the most magical time of the year!
The Magic of Coming Together
Voices of Christmas Past
“The hope that they gave to my family was undeniable. I was diagnosed October 30th, so with Christmas around the corner and three young children, I’m thinking “I can get them a matchbox car,” but Christmas was the furthest thing from my mind. On Christmas morning, my children woke up and the people from Interfaith delivered a Christmas dinner and gifts beyond.”
“Without Interfaith’s Christmas Bureau we would've had 3 sad kids on Christmas morning. My husband and I work so hard to just keep our needs met, so anything extra is really hard for us to come up with. This year I ended up missing work alot right before Xmas because of sickness, so that really put a hit on my income. So with our struggles this year we were very blessed to receive everyone's help 🙏 ❤️🙏.”
“I volunteered when I could. At Christmas they asked me to sort the Christmas toys that they had. I couldn’t believe the goodness of these people that donated these toys. It took me all day and part of the next.”
“It helped so much, without this program our 4 boys would not have had a Christmas this year. We wouldn't have had a Christmas dinner or presents. My family and I are so grateful for this program. We hope to give back one day when we can afford to.”
