Make A Child's Christmas Special
With A Stocking Filled With Good Things
In 2025, in place of our traditional Toy Drive, we asked guests to make a $35 donation on behalf of Fête Noire to Kindred Promise in support of our annual fundraising efforts. The donations helped support the construction and delivery of custom holiday stockings to children undergoing medical care in hospitals. Thank you to all who participated in this program in honor of our Fête Noire community.
Each stocking costs $35 to create and is filled with comfort items, sensory-friendly surprises, creative activities, and a personalized message of encouragement.
Kindred Promise launched Evangeline's Stocking Drive in 2019, with great success. They were able to deliver over 700 stockings full of supplies to children in the hospital in Charlotte, NC, and New York City, and to their families. In 2020, 2021, and 2022, they delivered over 1000! We haven't gotten all of the numbers from the 2025 drive, but there are some wonderful posts on their FB pages: Here is the link.
Visit Kindred Promise to learn about their mission and how you can support a great cause.
Allegro
Foundation
Allegro provides free weekly classes to more than 800 children each year, serving those with intellectual disabilities, Down syndrome, autism, orthopedic challenges, spina bifida, cerebral palsy, learning disabilities, muscular dystrophy, visual and hearing impairments, children considered at risk, and children living with cancer.
At the heart of Allegro’s philosophy is a focus on the total learning process. By combining cognitive and muscle memory, the program stimulates sequential and conceptual learning, problem solving, and communication. At the same time, it strengthens motor skills, improves physical coordination, and encourages powerful emotional and physiological growth.