AD
Registration is open for Helping Hand of Hope’s annual Christmas assistance.
“This is just a program that’s very dear to all of our hearts here at Helping Hand of Hope, and we couldn’t do it without the love of the community, and we just want to do ‘for good’ in the community and have this available for our neighbors that are really struggling this holiday season,” said Helping Hand of Hope Executive Director Hope Burke.
The affordable Christmas program is a partnership with area churches and schools that allows struggling families to come in and pick presents for their children.
Registration must be completed in October.
“In conjunction with the Salvation Army, we do (registration) on the Tuesdays and Thursdays in October so that people can decide if they want to do our program or if they want to do the Angel Tree program, and we have sites like on Tuesdays we are at the Colvin Community Center and on Thursdays we are at 200 College Street Road, and then on October 25 we will be here at Helping Hand of Hope doing sign-ups,” Burke said.
Area residents interested in supporting the Christmas program can visit www.helpinghandofhope.org to access the Christmas program’s wish list.
“We did over 600 kiddos last year, and we expect with everything that’s going on that we will probably have more this year, and so we are just relying on our neighbors that want to do a little good in the community to help us with that,” Burke said.
Applicants should bring a photo ID, proof of income, pay stub or Social Security letter from the last 30 days, and a Social Security card for each member of the household. Visit Helping Hand of Hope’s website or Facebook page for more information.
AD
Post comments (0)