St. Aloysius Parish

This is an at-home project. Purchase a gingerbread house at your favorite local grocery store, Costco, Michaels, Walmart. If you google Michaels coupons, there is usually one you can use! They are on sale this week for $7.99 at Michaels. Construct your house, decorate it (you may want to use additional candies and food products in addition to what is in the kit), wrap it festively in clear cellophane and tie it with a ribbon. Your constructed house should be dropped off in the parish offices on December 10 or 11, as our Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion will begin to pick them up on Dec 12 for delivery to our seniors who will so appreciate your loving display of care and kindness which we know always brightens their day and brings them such joy in the Advent and Christmas seasons! The parish office is open 9:00 am - 4:30 pm.
When you return your decorated house - please check off your child's name so that we know who has returned them. Again, please wrap it nicely in clear wrapping.

Students will earn parish service for assembling and decorating the house. It is fine to take credit for the amount of time you spend on this project, although you should be able to complete this task in no more than 2 hours. PLEASE ONLY SIGN UP TO DO ONE GINGERBREAD HOUSE PER FAMILY! SIBLINGS ARE ASKED TO WORK TOGETHER!

If you would like to do this project and purchasing the gingerbread house presents a financial challenge, please reach out to Chris Otis in confidence.