Eileen Fenrich Sponsor a Family Program
The Department of Human Resources administers the annual Eileen Fenrich Sponsor a Family Program. The program offers members of the university community an opportunity to offer assistance to Georgetown families in need during the holiday season. Sponsor a Family is one of the many programs by which the Georgetown Community evinces the university’s Jesuit values.
The Eileen Fenrich Sponsor a Family Program is entirely confidential.
No identifying information will be shared with sponsors or sponsored families.
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How it Works
- Members of the GU community can recommend a Georgetown colleague to be a program recipient by completing this online form no later than Friday, November 22.
- Individuals, Departments, or Groups can register to sponsor a Georgetown family by completing this online form no later than Monday, December 2.
- HR will assign families to sponsoring individuals and departments. Sponsors will be provided with a list of the families’ needs as well as age, gender, and relevant clothing size information for each sponsored family member.
- Sponsors can elect to do one or more of the following: collect wrapped gifts or gift cards for the family members, purchase a gift online and have it delivered to the collection site, or email a gift card to the HR Department.
- Sponsors will deliver gifts for their sponsored family through a contactless drop-off at the Department of Human Resources Office. (information below). You will select your drop-off time via email once your sponsorship is confirmed.
- HR staff will convey the gifts to the sponsored families.
Important Dates: 2024
- November 8: Nominations begin
- November 22: Deadline to nominate families
- December 2: Deadline to register as a sponsor
- December 16: Deadline for sponsors to deliver gifts to:
- Department of Human Resources
2115 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 601
Washington, D.C. 20007
- Department of Human Resources
- December 17-21: Gifts delivered
Eileen Fenrich Sponsor a Family Program: Archives
We’ve curated an archive to display special facts and data on this extraordinary program founded by Dr. Eileen Fenrich.
2023
Total Families Supported: 452
Total Sponsors: 247 individual sponsors, 29 departments and 6 Groups
Special Note: 57 individual sponsors and 11 departments supported multiple families
Delivery Days for gifts this year: All gifts were delivered within 7 days (every gift sent by December 21st).
Total “elves” this year: 23
*Every family received food with their sponsorship*
2022
Total Families Supported: 369
Total Sponsors: 218 individual sponsors and 67 departments
Special Note: 43 individual sponsors and 22 departments supported multiple families
Delivery Days for gifts this year: All gifts were delivered within 8 days (every gift sent by December 22nd).
Total “elves” this year: 19
*Every family received food with their sponsorship*
2021
Total Families Supported: 311 families requested and gratefully received support thanks to hundreds of faculty and staff donating and volunteering.
2020
Total Families Supported: 123
“There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping to lift someone up.”
– Bernard Meltzer