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St. Mary’s has a long-standing tradition of reaching out to share gifts with others at Christmas. We appreciate your generous past support and hope that you will choose to participate once again. This year the Giving Tree will support 11 charitable agencies in Santa Clara County. The color of the ornament represents one of the following organizations:
Casa de Clara (Green) – A Catholic Worker Home which shelters and feeds women with small children. Casa de Clara follows the model established by Dorothy Day to support the working poor.
Catholic Charities (Yellow) – Welcomes refugees from oppressed and war torn countries and sponsors them as they adjust to their new lives in Santa Clara County.
Parisi House (Purple) – Parisi House is Santa Clara County’s first mother and child residential alchohol and drug treatmant facility. They provide living facilities for mothers that have made the choice to end the cycle of substance abuse. 
Home First [formerly EHC] (Orange) – Provides shelter and meals daily to homeless men, women and families through a multileveled network of transitional and long term housing.
Heritage House (Pink) – provides homeless, pregnant women with a safe place to live, nutritious meals, and counseling. Post natal care for mothers and infants continues for one year.
House of Grace (Mint Green) – Women in transition, and their young children, find shelter, food and
counseling at this place full of the grace of God.
Next Door, Solution for Battered Women (Blue) – Provides shelter, meals and counseling for battered women and their children. Next Door is currently caring for 45 women and 60 children.
West Valley Community Service (Lavender) – WVCS provide a continuum of basic needs, family support services and housing services to the West Valley communities of Santa Clara Valley.
Sacred Heart Community Services (Red) – Ministers to the physical and emotional needs of the hungry and homeless through the distribution of food, clothing, household goods, job counseling, and housing assistance.
Vasona Creek Healthcare Facility (Light Blue) –Offers short and long term health care and rehabilitation services. Vasona Creek is home to 50 Catholic residents, who are visited by our priests and a team of Eucharistic Ministers to the Sick from St. Mary's.
Outreach to Prisoners (Dark Blue)-Provides “Give Us This Day” Prayer Books for County Prisoners
