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In 1884, Mary Virginia Merrick began the Christ Child Society with a gift of baby clothes, handmade by herself, to a mother in need and her baby. This layette was the design for the Christ Child Society layette of today. Every year over 22,000 layettes are distributed as a result of this first simple act of charity. The layette is the first step into the "Challenging Poverty One Child at a Time" initiative for the child, for the family and for the community.
Our chapter assembles a gift package of baby care items such as blankets, diapers, clothing, toiletry items and child care information and distributes them to mothers as they leave the hospital In 2016 we gifted 450 layettes. (Handmade items still are a special piece in most of the Society’s layettes.)
As long as there are babies in need, a gift layette in honor of the Christ Child will be the link to the founder of the Society.
