What started as a simple idea born out of community compassion has grown into one of Laurel’s most impactful local efforts — and it’s back for its third year. The Laurel Blessing Baskets 2025 initiative is underway, with a bold goal of serving even more families than ever before. After 140 baskets were donated in 2023 and 220 in 2024, the community is rallying again to beat last year’s record — and you can be part of it.
Each Blessing Basket is filled with a curated selection of household essentials, non-perishable foods, and care items — all personally assembled and delivered by local volunteers to families in need. These baskets go directly to students and families across seven Laurel-area elementary schools:
Can’t make it in person but still want to help? You can make a secure monetary donation through GoFundMe, and volunteers will purchase and pack baskets on your behalf. Every single dollar makes a difference: https://www.gofundme.com/f/laurel-blessing-baskets-2025
Whether you pledge one basket or twenty, your gift goes straight to a family in our own backyard. It’s more than a holiday gesture — it’s a message of dignity, care, and community pride.
Laurel is more than a city. It’s a village. And this is what village love looks like.
Each Blessing Basket is filled with a curated selection of household essentials, non-perishable foods, and care items — all personally assembled and delivered by local volunteers to families in need. These baskets go directly to students and families across seven Laurel-area elementary schools:
- Bond Mill Elementary
- Laurel Elementary
- Harrison Elementary
- Scotchtown Hills Elementary
- Oaklands Elementary
- Montpelier Elementary
- CMIT North Elementary
How to Get Involved
Want to build and donate a basket yourself? Wonderful! This is an in-person, hands-on event, and all donors are asked to sign up in advance so the organizers can track commitments and deliver on promises to the schools. You can pledge your baskets using the official signup form here: https://bit.ly/laurel-blessing-baskets-2025Can’t make it in person but still want to help? You can make a secure monetary donation through GoFundMe, and volunteers will purchase and pack baskets on your behalf. Every single dollar makes a difference: https://www.gofundme.com/f/laurel-blessing-baskets-2025
Powered by the People of Laurel
This entire effort was born from the heart of the Laurel MD Connect Facebook group, where neighbors stepped up with a simple question: “What if we could make the holidays easier for local families?” The response was overwhelming. Year after year, this initiative has grown because real people like you decided to show up and give back.
Whether you pledge one basket or twenty, your gift goes straight to a family in our own backyard. It’s more than a holiday gesture — it’s a message of dignity, care, and community pride.
Laurel is more than a city. It’s a village. And this is what village love looks like.