Our Story
Helping Waukesha County Children Since 1949
Since 1949, the Christmas Clearing Council of Waukesha County has been promoting and coordinating the giving to families in need during the Christmas season. We provide a clearinghouse that matches families with area groups, families, businesses, and individuals who wish to help people less fortunate in our community. In 2019, we coordinated giving to more than 1,900 families and nearly 4,300 children in Waukesha County.
Ways to Give Back
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Angel Awards
2026 Angel Award Winners
The Christmas Clearing Council established the annual Angel Awards in 2006 to recognize those in our community who, through special acts of generosity, further the CCC mission of helping families celebrate a more joyful Christmas. We are proud to announce the 2026 recipients.
Youth Award
Catholic Memorial High School
Over the last several years, the students of Catholic Memorial have made a unique contribution to our annual toy shop. In creating more than 300 greeting cards to pair with gift cards for the teens in our program, a detail that could have been overlooked was filled and brought an extra lift of joy to the recipients.
Left to right: Sue Kosiboski, teacher; Kelly Boinski, National Honor Society President; Maria Carrillo, CCC Board Member; and Donna Bembenek, President of CMH.
Community Group Award
City of Brookfield Fire Department
For many years, the City of Brookfield Fire Department has collected toys for our annual Toy Shop event. In 2025, their collection of more than 700 toys made the fire department one of the event’s largest collection sites.
Business Award
Chenequa Country Club
2025 marked an incredible 30 years that members of Chenequa Country Club staged a toy drive for the CCC. Such consistent and thoughtful consideration of our organization has helped bring joy to so many children in our community, year after year.
Claire Beglinger, CCC Board Member and Mike Paddock, Club Manager.
Individual Award
Shirley Mueller and Sharon Holzman
For decades, sisters Shirley and Sharon have supported CCC-- from helping collect toys, volunteering in the office, sponsoring families to serving on the board of directors. Their collective work has impacted thousands of children in Waukesha County.
Left to right: Shirley Mueller; Tracy Walther, CCC Community Outreach and Services Coordinator; Sharon Holzman
Rookie Award
Waukesha County Technical College, WCTC
WCTC's support of our organization has been extraordinary, with one of the most impactful contributions being the donation of a fantastic facility to host our Toy Shop. Their additional assistance with setup, tech support, meeting space, event teardown, and even a surprise donation of 1,500 cookies exceeded anything we could have imagined!
Left to right: Ron Weber, CCC Board President; Kelsey Berg, WCTC Manager of Event Services; Sarah Hein, CCC Executive Director.