# Mary’s Meals asks people to feed a child through its Big Family Christmas dinner

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/12/05/marys-meals-asks-people-feed-a-child-big-family-christmas-dinner/
- Published: 2017-12-05T08:45:21+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Mary’s Meals is asking people to set a place at the table for its Big Family Christmas
and set a child up with a daily meal for the whole school year.**

 

The [Big Family Christmas](http://bigfamilychristmas.com/) campaign says that a 
typical Christmas dinner could be around £20 per person, but by setting a place 
at the charity’s virtual table for a donation of £13.90, supporters will be giving
enough to feed a child at their place of education for a whole year. In addition,
every donation made by the end of 2017 will be matched as part of its [Double the Love](https://www.marysmeals.org.uk/get-involved/double-the-love)
campaign, which means each one will in fact feed two children for a year.

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Donors can choose a name to put on their plate, which appears on the appeal page
of the [Mary’s Meals](https://www.marysmeals.org.uk/) site, and are also given the
options of increasing their donation by 37p to cover the fee the charity incurs 
for the transaction, signing up to make it a monthly donation, and to opt in to 
hear from the charity in the future.

 

It is also encouraging people to fundraise for it this Christmas, with a downloadable
pack of ideas from its site, and the campaign is being promoted across social media
channels including Facebook and Twitter.

 

> How will you get involved in our [#BigFamilyChristmas](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BigFamilyChristmas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)?
> [https://t.co/LxtwK5vrn6](https://t.co/LxtwK5vrn6) [pic.twitter.com/cFB4fy4H96](https://t.co/cFB4fy4H96)
> — Mary’s Meals (@MarysMeals) [November 6, 2017](https://twitter.com/MarysMeals/status/927543714385408000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 * **[One in four people expect to give less this Christmas, bank research shows](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/12/20/one-four-people-expect-give-less-christmas-bank-research-shows/)**(
   20 December 2017)
 * **[Great Ormond Street Hospital uses VR in Christmas campaign to inspire corporate support](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/12/22/great-ormond-street-hospital-uses-vr-christmas-campaign-inspire-corporate-support/)**(
   22 December 2017)
 * **[St Vincent de Paul Society launches Christmas appeal](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/11/16/st-vincent-de-paul-society-launches-christmas-appeal/)**(
   16 November 2018)

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