By Megan Miller, Editor
TRUSSVILLE – The McSweeney Foundation recently teamed up with Church of the Highlands and Target in Trussville to provide Christmas to 100 local children.
Employees from SCA Performance and McSweeney Designs caravanned to the Super Target in Trussville to shop for the gifts on Dec. 7.
“We like for our contributors to see how their gifts are making a difference,” Diedre Leo, the McSweeney Foundation’s Administrator, said. “What better way to 
do that than to let them shop with the money they’ve given to provide Christmas for nearly a hundred kids in our community.”
All gifts purchased were given to support Church of the Highland’s “Giving Hope” ministry.
“The operation (Church of the Highlands) runs is so well-organized, we decided to partner with them instead of doing our own thing,” Matt McSweeney, one of the McSweeney Foundation Chairmen, said. “Doing so will allow us to reach as many families as we can with the joy of Christmas.”
The McSweeney Foundation was founded in 2013 by McSweeney Holdings owners Rod, Matt and Michael McSweeney. Since 2013, the foundation has supported education and families locally and abroad through contributions of employees from its affiliated companies, SCA Performance and McSweeney Designs, as well as gitfs from foundation partners globally. All support for the McSweeney Foundation goes to fund the “Empowerment Through Education” initiative.
The McSweeney Foundation was formed for the purpose of spreading the love and understanding of Jesus Christ through acts of kindness like providing general food, shelter and clothing needs for the less fortunate. The foundation focuses on the key initiatives of international education, local community mentoring and local seasonal assistance.
5 Comments
Lori Mayes
Kody Allen
Barbara Boteler Foshee
Helped set up the Giving Hope shopping mall at Grants Mill today. Absolutely. Blown. Away.
Karen Jones
Wow Leslie, there are alot of places that do this in our area. I didn’t know about this one. Lot’s of happy kids this year! 🙂
Dan Hillman
I can’t believe this church is actually supporting Target with all their off the wall and anti Christian views
John Francis
The title including partnering with Target (by anyone McSweeney/Highlands) is misleading as the only connection is where McSweeney chose this establishment to purchase the toys at. Highlands is the recipient of said toys purchased by the McSweeney foundation so Highlands is not supporting nor partnering with Target at all.
Regardless, that’s not the point. The point is these generous folks from McSweeney chose to give to an already successful vision in Giving Hope rather than creating their own process and God gets ALL the glory.