∴all year long!∴
The mission of Christmas in St. Michaels is to provide resources to help local non-profit groups enhance the quality of life for the residents of the Bay Hundred community.
In 1987 a group of energetic volunteers recognized the need for day care services in the community. A daycare center was established and, since that time, this annual fund-raising weekend event has raised more than $1,700,000 for local, non-profit organizations. For 38 years, funds raised have benefited local citizens of all ages.
Past beneficiaries include:
- Critchlow Adkins Children’s Centers, St. Michaels site – the day care center originally funded and continually supported since 1987
- Bay Hundred Community Pool – to underwrite construction and for continued support
- School programs – to support academic programs, music, athletics, and citizenship
- St. Michaels Community Center – to establish and to support programs and events
- St. Michaels Fire Department – to provide an extrication tool
- St. Michaels Museum at St. Mary’s Square – to restore the Chaney House
- Union United Methodist Church – to restore the historic organ
- Wilson Reading Garden at St. Michaels Library – to establish and to maintain the garden
Christmas in St. Michaels gives all year long through the community organizations that it supports. In accordance with needs-based criterion, an all-volunteer board of directors selects grant recipients.