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COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN · 18TH YEAR
Shopping for Others 2026
Help 10 local families have a better Christmas.
What we’re doing
This is our 18th year of Shopping for Others. Our goal is $6,500 to help 10 local families with Christmas gifts, groceries, and practical necessities. We’re including adults and older siblings, too, and gathering needed supplies for the Robert L. Miller Sr. Veteran’s Center in South Bend.
- Shopping & sorting
- Meetup
- Walmart in Mishawaka off Main Street
- Amazon shopping deadline
- December 14, 2026
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How to participate
Donate through PayPal or GoFundMe, buy from the Amazon list, nominate a family, or help us shop, sort, and deliver. Use the Facebook event for volunteer coordination and organizer updates. You can also help by sharing the event.
The Amazon list will grow as families are nominated and their needs are confirmed. Please shop by December 14.
Nominate a family
You can nominate a family, including your own, with the best information you have. You don’t need every answer right away. Missing ages, sizes, interests, or needs should not stop you from submitting a nomination. We can follow up for more details.
Share each child’s age, size, gender, interests or wants, and needs; the number of adults in the household; and anything else that would help us shop for them. Use the nomination form for family details.
Open the nomination formWhy Bruce started Shopping for Others
My momma raised six children under 12 in a little mobile home. One had severe, profound disabilities. The wood burning stove was our only heat, and she burned discarded pieces from a wooden hanger factory to keep us warm.
One Christmas Eve, she sat on the floor wrapping things we already owned, just so we would have something to unwrap the next morning.
That was my Momma. I don’t want any momma to carry that kind of stress and worry just to give her kids something. I can’t fix ’em all, but with your help we can help 10 of ’em this season.
That’s why I started this 18 years ago. Now that Momma has passed, it’s why I continue.
Help me make some smiles that we will never even see.
Bruce