Community Holiday Assistance Program of Eastern Pender County NC
Helping make the holidays brighter for thirty years
To apply for assistance: Go to your Eastern Pender County school guidance office, or Share the Table, or 4C's Christian Caring Community Center. Pick up and turn in your application at the same location.
CHRISTMAS: Recipients should apply by November 27 at school guidance office, 4C's, and Share the Table. By appointment on December 13 at Blakes Chapel at 1-4:30PM, recipients will receive a voucher to Harris Teeter for a precooked turkey dinner that feeds 8-10 people (turkey, dressing, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, gravy, cranberry relish).
There are several ways to help out:
Donate funds.
[click text links above to give or find out more]
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Donate a Festive Family Fun Box - Check the list in the sidebar to see if you church or civic organization is collecting, and please drop off your Family Festive Fun Box there.
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If you are member of All Saints or do not see your church or organization on the list, please drop off at All Saints during business hours Tuesday through Friday 9:00-1:00 until 12/9/2020.
1. If you are dropping off a complete box - please mark it complete, and place in a box that will accomodate the items. Please do not wrap the items.
2. Drop offs can begin after Thanksgiving.
The Community Holiday Assistance Program (CHAP) of Eastern Pender County, North Carolina originated more than 30 years ago. CHAP-participating churches and charitable organizations join together to make the holidays brighter for people in need (1,364 people in 2018, 1,182 in 2017, and 782 in 2016). Thank you, Harris Teeter for arranging to help families in need this Thanksgiving.
Eastern Pender County schools; outreach, civic, and military organizations; businesses, and churches come together by way of the Community Holiday Assistance Program to provide food and toys to make the holidays brighter for people in need. Your efforts certainly helped many, many people have a joyous and blessed Thanksgiving and Christmas each year! Thank you for all your food collection, sorting, gift card donations, referral sending and prayers for families in need in our area. A special thank you to Share the Table for coordinating, Blakes Chapel for their hospitality, and to the Knights of Columbus for their special gift card collection.
Applicants pick up an application through their local school couselor, Share the Table, or 4Cs to enroll for assistance. At Thanksgiving applicants receeve a precooked meal voucher and information about local aid organizations.
At Christmas, Families with Children living at home will recieve a Family Fun Night Box filled with activies that the whole family can enjoy together!
Fill a Christmas Family Fun Night Box: (2020 Details Coming Soon)
DONATE NOW to Make Christmas Brighter for Families in Need
To receive holiday assistance, families and individuals should apply in fall at their school guidance office, Share The Table, and 4 Cs. November 20, 2020 is the deadline for Christmas referrals.
Thank you, participating organizations (listed on the right) for giving to our community.
CONTACT CHAP
910-270-3342 -- DEDICATED CHAP PHONE LINE
Participating Organizations
All Saints Catholic Church
American Legion Post #167 Hampstead
American Legion Post #167 Women's Auxillary
Blake's Chapel Advent Christian Church
Boy/Cub Scouts 235, Cape Fear Council
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh, Cape Fear Region
Catholic Daughters of Americas #2519
Christian Community Caring Center (4 Cs Food Pantry)
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Coastal Pender Rotary Club
Emma Anderson Memorial Chapel
Faith Harbor United Methodist Church
Faith Harbor Thrift Store
Hampstead Baptist Church
Hampstead United Methodist Church
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Knights of Columbus #12281
North Topsail Elementary School
Pender County Schools
Renovation Church
Share the Table
South Topsail Elementary School
Surf City Middle School
Topsail Elementary School
Topsail High School
Topsail Middle School
Topsail Middle School Junior National Honor Society
Topsail Presbyterian Church
Topsail Senior Center
US Marine Corps League Hampstead Detachment 1321
Wesleyan Chapel United Methodist Church
