--- title: Annual Care & Share Holiday Program 2023 description: Annual Care & Share Holiday Program 2023 image: https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Image_049-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8743-PM.jpg --- [![Fitchburg State](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/FitchburgStateUniversity/logo.png)](http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/) [![burg-blog-logo-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/burg-blog-logo-1.png?width=238&height=113&name=burg-blog-logo-1.png)](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/) # Annual Care & Share Holiday Program 2023 Posted by [Andy Cunningham](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/author/andy-cunningham) on December 21, 2023 at 3:13 PM ![](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/Avatar2.jpg) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) This morning saw the culmination of the Annual Care & Share Holiday Community Program, spearheaded by the [Office of Student Development](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/campus-life/office-student-development), [Fitchburg Community Outreach Center](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/campus-life/office-student-development/falcon-community-outreach-center-fcoc) (FCOC) & the [Mckay Elementary School.](https://mckay.fitchburg.k12.ma.us/) Members of [Student Development](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/campus-life/office-student-development), [Materials Management](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/resources/faculty-and-staff/financial-services/vice-president-finance-and-administration/environmental-health-safety-and-risk-management/materials-management), and [TRIO Program](https://www.fitchburgstate.edu/student-support/academic-support/trio) gathered in Hammond Hall to gather all the gifts collected for the Care & Share Program, donated by faculty and staff, for delivery to the McKay Campus School. For more than 45 years, the campus community has "adopted" children from the McKay school community to receive unwrapped gifts. This year, 97 Children consisting of 47 families were adopted with Athletics sponsoring 25 children. ![Image_005-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8588-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_005-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8588-PM.jpg?width=1412&height=966&name=Image_005-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8588-PM.jpg) ![Image_004-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8070-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_004-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8070-PM.jpg?width=666&height=876&name=Image_004-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8070-PM.jpg) ![Image_006-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8494-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_006-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8494-PM.jpg?width=940&height=980&name=Image_006-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8494-PM.jpg) ![Image_011-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8667-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_011-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8667-PM.jpg?width=1346&height=873&name=Image_011-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8667-PM.jpg) ![Image_025-Dec-21-2023-07-51-54-0068-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_025-Dec-21-2023-07-51-54-0068-PM.jpg?width=748&height=999&name=Image_025-Dec-21-2023-07-51-54-0068-PM.jpg) ![Image_010-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-9762-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_010-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-9762-PM.jpg?width=1379&height=964&name=Image_010-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-9762-PM.jpg) ![Image_024-Dec-21-2023-07-51-54-0468-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_024-Dec-21-2023-07-51-54-0468-PM.jpg?width=823&height=1008&name=Image_024-Dec-21-2023-07-51-54-0468-PM.jpg) ![Image_021-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-9908-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_021-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-9908-PM.jpg?width=1506&height=1000&name=Image_021-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-9908-PM.jpg) ![Image_029-Dec-21-2023-07-51-54-0082-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_029-Dec-21-2023-07-51-54-0082-PM.jpg?width=1546&height=1010&name=Image_029-Dec-21-2023-07-51-54-0082-PM.jpg) ![Image_032-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8494-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_032-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8494-PM.jpg?width=788&height=694&name=Image_032-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8494-PM.jpg) ![Image_040-Dec-21-2023-07-51-54-0234-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_040-Dec-21-2023-07-51-54-0234-PM.jpg?width=1546&height=940&name=Image_040-Dec-21-2023-07-51-54-0234-PM.jpg) ![Image_042-Dec-21-2023-07-51-54-0534-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_042-Dec-21-2023-07-51-54-0534-PM.jpg?width=1531&height=1010&name=Image_042-Dec-21-2023-07-51-54-0534-PM.jpg) ![Image_049-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8743-PM](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Image_049-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8743-PM.jpg?width=763&height=512&name=Image_049-Dec-21-2023-07-51-53-8743-PM.jpg)   Topics: [Student Experience](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/student-experience), [Community](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/topic/community) ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic A-Z - 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