2025 Christ Child Society Shower of Love: A Celebration of Literacy and Community
Mark your calendars for Wednesday, October 22, 2025, as Milwaukee gathers at the Italian Community Center for the Christ Child Society’s largest fundraising event of the year, the Shower of Love. The event is dedicated to supporting CCS programs to provide clothing for needy newborns and providing additional services to follow the child and nurture the youth in the Greater Milwaukee area.
This year’s theme is literacy, and we are thrilled to have Maya Payne Smart as our keynote speaker. Maya is a renowned author, book lover and literacy advocate. Her passion for literacy in children aligns beautifully with our mission. Maya is the author of “Reading for Our Lives: A Literacy Action Plan from Birth to Six” and runs a website, MayaSmart.com, which offers book lists, literacy activities and other free family resources to help parents in their roles as first teachers and educational advocates.
“We hope everyone will join us for an event filled with hope, inspiration and the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children. Together, we can foster a love for reading and learning that will last a lifetime,” said Diane Hicks, Shower of Love co-chair.
The MC is former WISN-TV anchor Kathy Mykleby, who has a strong history of connecting kids with mentors and will guide the audience through a meaningful time of celebration and giving.
The event begins at 10:30 AM with a social hour and silent auction.
We’ll continue with lunch and our keynote speaker.
Attendees are encouraged to bring an infant layette item, such as… receiving blanket, crib blanket, sweater, zip sweatshirt, onesies, sleep & play, blanket sleeper, socks, knit hat, bottle, diapers (size newborn or 1)
Clothing should be size 3-6 months
These will be distributed to area social service agencies.
A reservation form is available on our Shower of Love page. For more information, call us at 414-540-0489 or submit our contact form.
About CCS Milwaukee
The Milwaukee Chapter of the Christ Child Society, established in 1948, is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to serving children in Southeastern Wisconsin. Following the model of the 138-year-old national Christ Child Society, the 200 members of the Milwaukee chapter focus on programs such as providing infant layettes to hospitals for new mothers in need, delivering My Stuff Bags items to social service agencies for children transitioning to foster care, offering monthly Second Saturday gatherings for children and mothers, providing school support, literacy services and vision screening for elementary schools – along with holding social and spiritual events.
For more information about the Christ Child Society of Milwaukee and the Shower of Love, visit christchildmilwaukee.org, call us at 414-540-0489, or submit our contact form.