Summit’s Santa Claus Shop Prepares To Help Deliver A Joyous Holiday To Locals In Need In Need

The four chairs this year (from left to right) are: Corinne White, Jen Adel, Amanda Darnowski and Jenny Groves.

For the 58th consecutive year, the Santa Claus Shop will open its doors to area families to provide complimentary holiday shopping. The Shop serves more than 1,500 low-income family members and senior citizens from Summit, New Providence and Berkeley Heights.

This year’s Santa Claus Shop will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 587 Springfield Avenue in Summit. Families will be offered shopping hours by invitation only during the first week of December.

The Santa Claus Shop is chaired by Summit residents Jen Adel, Amanda Darnowski, Jenny Groves and Corinne White and co-chaired by Stephanie Phiebig, Hilary Reilly, Teresa Solano, Jessica Whitehorne and Roseanne Wilson.  The Santa Claus Shop exists solely on donations and volunteers. With the monetary donations from area residents, local organizations and businesses, the Santa Claus Shop can purchase the gifts that allow less fortunate neighbors to experience the joy of holiday giving without financial burden.

To keep the holiday spirit alive for local residents in need, the Santa Claus Shop chairwomen ask for members of the community to consider giving. Checks can be made payable to SHIP, with Santa Claus Shop noted on the check’s memo line, and mailed to the Santa Claus Shop, P.O. Box 119, Summit, NJ 07902. The ability to make an online donation is also available at www.summitsantaclausshop.com. If you would like to find out more information or get involved please visit the Santa Claus Shop website or follow the organization on Facebook at Santa Claus Shop – Summit, NJ and Instagram – @santa_claus_shop_summit.