Catholic Social Services

Dressed in a fuzzy Grinch onesie, volunteer Trish Smith took a short nap surrounded by toys. All of the toys arranged on the tables above her would soon go home and fill the Christmas trees and stockings of families registered for the Diocese of Scranton’s Gifts for Kids program.

Both Wilkes-Barre and Scranton have found alternative partners for the Code Blue program that was previously organized by Keystone Mission in both cities.

Three nonprofit organizations based in Lackawanna County work extra hard during the holiday season to bring community resources to the people who need them the most.