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Please let the Holiday Spirit Committee know how many people your project assisted. The final figures will be shared at the annual Christmas Luncheon in December. We also welcome your personal stories on how your project made a difference. E-mail Rick Davis.
Send us photos of your Holiday Spirit project and we'll post them on this site.
The Good News: Projects Under Way
Sign up for your project here. Then contact the agency or agencies you have selected directly and begin your outreach. We will publicize our collective efforts via Creighton Today and on this website.
Academic Affairs, AEA & Graduate School -- Catholic Charities - St. Martin de Porres food pantry
Admissions -- Project Welcome
Campus Ministry -- Siena/Francis House
Cardiology Columbus Clinic -- Adopting a few families locally through the Holiday Spirit Co-op for needy families
Center for Health & Counseling -- Adopted a family
Center for Health Policy and Ethics -- Child Saving Institute
Center for Student Success and Retention -- Catholic Charities Adopt a Family & Holy Family Outreach Program
Chemistry -- Juan Diego Center
Child Development Center -- donating books to the Heart Ministry Center (connected to Sacred Heart Parish)
College of Arts and Sciences, Dean's Office -- CCSJ Family to Family
College of Business, Graduate Programs -- CCSJ Family to Family
Communication Studies -- Stephen Center and the transportation fund in the DR
Creighton Campus Quilters -- Catholic Charities - Women's and Children's Shelter
Creighton Cardiac Center -- Assisting two families
Creighton Career Center -- Micah House
Creighton Family Healthcare/Old Market -- Shelter for Abused Women and Children
Creighton Family Practice John Galt Clinic -- Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging
Creighton Medical Associates (CMA) -- Family to Family
Creighton Medical Associates-Dundee -- Together Inc. (doing a "diaper run")
Dental Administration -- Lydia House/Open Door Mission
Department of OB/GYN -- CCSJ Family to Family
Division of Information Technology -- Kellom Elementary students/families
Exercise Science & EXS Students -- Family to Family Christmas Project
Family Medicine Administration & Residents -- Shelter for Abused Women and Children; Creighton family in need
Financial Aid Office/Student Employment -- Family to Family through St. Martin de Porres
Fine and Performing Arts -- Shelter for Abused Women and Children
Graduate Student Government (GSG) -- Family to Family
Health Sciences Library -- CCSJ Family to Family
Human Resources -- CCSJ Family-to-Family
Internal Medicine/Allergy -- Shelter for Abused Women and Children
Journalism Department -- collecting books for children at the Stephens House
Law School -- Stephen Center
Linn Building -- St. Martin's
Mail Services/Varsity Press -- Shelter for Abused Women and Children
Mathematics -- Siena/Francis House and Navajo Reservation in Chinle, Ariz.
Office of Medical Education and the Medical School’s Student Affairs Office -- working together to provide for the Hospice House in Omaha
Pathology/Creighton Medical Labs -- Project Hope
Pediatric Infectious Disease, Department of Pediatrics -- TP for the needy at Siena/Francis House
Pharmacy Faculty -- Rosebud Reservation and Omaha Home for Boys
Physics Department -- Siena/Francis House
Pi Beta Phi -- Caroling at various nursing homes and CCSJ Family-to-Family
President's Office -- Siena/Francis House
Preventive Medicine -- CCSJ Family to Family
Public Safety -- Project Hope
Radiation Safety Office -- Siena/Francis House
Registrar’s Office -- Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging
Reinert-Alumni Memorial Library -- Collecting items for the Rosebud Reservation and book donations for the Stephen Center
Research Compliance (Grants Administration, Clinical Research, IRB, IACUC) and Billing Compliance Office -- Assisting a Creighton family member
Residence Life -- Omaha Street School
Residence Life -- Swanson 4th Floor -- Family to Family
Residence Life – Swanson Hall 8th floor -- Adopt-A-Family
School of Dentistry -- Volunteering at the Open Door Mission
School of Medicine Med Dean's Office -- Lydia House/Open Door Mission
School of Medicine’s Office of Admissions, the Office of Medical Education and the School of Medicine’s Student Affairs Office -- Hospice House
School of Nursing -- collecting items and cash donations for Restored Hope, a transitional housing program for women and children; also supporting Camp Fire and Uta Halee
School of Pharmacy and Health Professions -- Family to Family
School of Pharmacy and Health Professions’ Office of Interprofessional Scholarship, Service, and Education -- Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
Skutt and Harper Centers -- Stephen Center
Student Accounts/Business Office -- Helping a needy family
Student Activities -- Camp Fire USA
Student Organization of Social Worker's (C.U.S.O.S.) -- Canned food drive for Precious Moments Daycare and fundraiser through Beads For Life for the women of Uganda
Student Services Central Office & Multicultural Affairs Office -- CCSJ Family to Family
Surgery -- Omaha Food Bank
University College -- Monica House
University Ministry -- CCSJ Family to Family
University Relations -- Juan Diego Center
Vice President for Health Sciences -- Siena/Francis House