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.
Deadline: Thursday, November 21, 2019
RECIPIENTS: Check your voice mail and/or email for your appointment time.
There are several ways to help out:
Donate funds. Give food and gift cards. Volunteer your time.
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What if... you could help someone who is struggling by not only meeting some material needs, but also to give them Jesus? This Christmas, we expect to help and celebrate with more than 659 adults and 705 children (1,364 people in 2018, 1,182 in 2017, and 782 in 2016)!
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. Thank you, Walmart, Food Lion, and Lowes Foods for giving in 2017 & 2018.
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 Blakes Chapel for their hospitality and assistance 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 recieve a food box, gift card for perishable items, and information about local aid organizations. Food and toys are donated by the local community. These items will stock the shelves our CHAP “holiday shop.”
CHAP invites outreach recipients to select toys in the "holiday shop" for their children, come hear Christmas music, enjoy refreshments, and do a kids’ craft. And we hope they will encounter Jesus while they’re here.
Fill a Christmas Wish: (donate by Dec. 10)
What to buy? Pick up gift tags in All Saints' Gathering Area. Or take your child(ren) or grandchild(ren) along and have them select a gift for someone in their age range, such as:
- Gift cards for clothes/ shoes
- Gift cards for toys & games
- Gift cards for sports/outdoors
- Bicycles and scooters
- Sports equipment/active gear
- Baby clothes and learning toys
- Lego sets; play tool sets
- Electronic games & batteries
- Doll house, farm/shop playset
- Toy toolset
- iPod or MP3 music player
- Teen beauty and nails kits
- Video game systems & games
- Science sets
- Craft and art sets
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Volunteer to:
- Transport food
- Sort food
- Prepare food boxes
- Call families and schedule their pick up appointment
- Make toy tags
- Reception volunteers
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 21, 2019 is the deadline for referrals.
Thank you, participating organizations (listed on the right) for giving to our community.
CONTACT CHAP
Community Holiday Assistance Program
c/o Beth Mongeau, Coordinator
All Saints Catholic Church
18737 US Highway 17 N.
Hampstead, NC 28443
910-270-3342 -- DEDICATED CHAP PHONE LINE
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FILL a Holiday Food Box |
SIZE (Per Family) |
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Applesauce or Fruit Cups |
6-pk single-srv |
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Beef Stew/Ravioli |
Family Size |
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Canned Meat (Spam, Chicken, etc.) |
2 |
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Cereal (Cheerios) |
1 box |
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Chicken Soup |
Med Size |
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Cranberry Sauce |
1 can |
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Fruit juice |
48 ounces |
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Grain Fruit Bars/Granola Bars |
6 bars |
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Gravy (jar, Heinz, etc.) |
12 oz |
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Jelly (Grape or Strawberry) |
18 oz or larger |
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Mac & Cheese |
2 |
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Mashed Potatoes - Instant |
Large Size |
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Peanut Butter |
28 oz or larger |
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Pudding |
4 cups |
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Saltine Crackers/Crackers |
1 box |
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Spaghetti /Pasta |
1 box |
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Spaghetti Sauce |
1 jar |
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Stuffing - Herb or Turkey |
1 box |
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Vegetables - canned |
6 cans family |
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Rice |
1 bag |
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Grocery Store Gift Card |
$25 card |
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 Mobile Storage
Coastal Pender Rotary Club
Emma Anderson Memorial Chapel
Faith Harbor United Methodist Church
Faith Harbor Thrift Store
Hampstead Baptist Church
Hampstead Lions Club
Hampstead United Methodist Church
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Knights of Columbus #12281
Lowe's Home Improvement, Surf City
N.C. Department of Environmental Quality
North Topsail Elementary School
Olde Point Country Club
Pender County Schools
Publix, Surf City
Renovation Church
Saddleback Stable
Share the Table
Sneads Ferry Crossfit Community
South Topsail Elementary School
Surf City Middle School
Topsail Elementary School
Topsail High School
Topsail High School National Honor Society
Topsail Middle School
Topsail Middle School Junior National Honor Society
Topsail Presbyterian Church
Topsail Senior Center
Toys for Tots of Eastern NC, Region 2 Camp Lejeune
US Marine Corps League Hampstead Detachment 1321
Walmart Neighborhood Market, Surf City
Wesleyan Chapel United Methodist Church
