Community Holiday Assistance Program of Eastern Pender County

Phone:  910-208-0544

Email:  chap@allsaintsccnc.org

The Community Holiday Assistance Program (CHAP) has spent the last 38 years uniting civic and faith-based organizations in an effort to serve families in need throughout Eastern Pender County. Together in service and charity, CHAP helps bring a community of donors and volunteers together to fulfill their mission of sharing the love of Christ during the holiday season. Each year, the program has been steadily expanding its reach in direct response to the growing needs in our community.


In 2024, CHAP  provided assistance during the Thanksgiving and Christmas season to 470 households, which represented more than 907 adults and 713 children. In 2025, CHAP  will be serving 300 households at Thanksgiving and anticipate nearly 500 families at Christmas.


Typically as many as 40 CHAP member organizations including churches, civic organizations, neighborhoods, running clubs, and even a bunco club) that help to gather donations in the form of grocery store gift cards, new toys, bikes, helmets and retail store gift cards. CHAP volunteers then distribute these gifts in a way that brings the love of neighbor to life in a personal and transformative way.


This year CHAP  continues their long-standing partnership with the Eastern Pender County public public school counselors and local food pantries, such as Share the Table and 4Cs Food Pantry, to receive referrals for families in need of assistance. These partnerships have been instrumental in building cohesion among community minded organizations while also helping schools to identify at-risk children who may benefit from additional resources throughout the year. 


HELP PROVIDE THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS ASSISTANCE

As the county population continues to rise, the number of families in need is expected to increase. To help fulfill the growing needs of the community, CHAP is always seeking to partner with new individuals, businesses and organizations to help provide the donations and volunteers we need to provide the assistance detailed below.


Each recipient household receives a Thanksgiving dinner box that includes a cooked turkey and all the fixings for a Thanksgiving feast.  At Christmas each household receives grocery store gift cards that can be used to purchase items for their Christmas dinner. Additionally, families with children are invited to a special Holiday Shop, set up by CHAP volunteers, where they are able to select gifts for each of their children under the age of 18.

Both business and community members are encouraged to purchase grocery store gift cards and collect new unwrapped toys, bikes and retail store gift cards for the CHAP Holiday Shop. We ask that you deliver donations to Blake's Chapel in Hampstead on December 11th and/or 12th.   


Do you want to help?

Does your business want be one of our community partners?

Call CHAP at 910-208-0544 or email chap@allsaintsccnc.org

Gift Suggestions to Donate to CHAP:

  • bicycles and helmets
  • scooters/kickboards
  • tablets and laptops
  • sports equipment and gear
  • building sets such as Lego
  • remote control vehicles with batteries
  • board games
  • doll houses
  • playsets
  • musical instruments
  • arts and craft sets
  • teen-focused gifts (and gift cards for clothing, movies, music, food, sports stores; mark the amount on it)

For more information

email: chap@allsaintsccnc.org 

phone: 910-208-0544


THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF OUR GROWING COMMUNITY!



The CHAP LEADERSHIP TEAM: Julie Burgess, Beth Mongeau, Kelsey Mongeau, Alicia Ruginis, Christine Vara (All Saints parishioners)