CHHH has been fortunate to have tremendous support from many generous donors including individuals, corporations, non-profit organizations and several grants this year. Because of this generous support, we are now in the position to accept new client families.To be eligible, families must live in Kent County, DE., have at least one dependent minor child and not currently be receiving public assistance except Medicaid and/or Food Stamps. At least one member of the family must be employed. The income eligibility is based on the U.S. Food Supplemental Program.The benefits to clients are many. They can shop in our Magnolia warehouse once a month at no cost for clothing, footwear, household items including linens, kitchenware, small appliances, personal items and books. Children receive Back to School supplies and a shoe gift card. At Christmastime, they receive new clothes, toys, games, books, and a food gift card, all free!
Thanks to all the generous donations received from friends, families, and organizations we had a very successful 2023 Christmas Program. 227 children were able to have presents to open Christmas morning, primarily due to these donations, wish granters, and volunteer shoppers. We also provided winter coats for any child that needed one and each family received a Redner's gift card for groceries. Thank you, each and everyone, for your continuous support.
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With Valentines Day and Easter Holiday, CHHH has about 500 donated Teddy Bears and Rabbits ready for distribution. Many are beautifully dressed! Be sure to come in to shop this month. They were donated by Mary Brinsfield from Camden, DE. She was proud of her collection of rabbits and teddy bears. Mary donated them to the Dover Modern Maturity Center; they in turn donated many to CHHH for clients. Included in Mary's collection were china and porcelain dolls. They were donated to a local nursing home. Thank you, Mary and family.
Ms Roni Brennan from Dover donated 36 beautifully knitted winter hats to CHHH. Our clients helped themselves to the colorful and soft hats. We donated half of them to Interfaith Missions and People Place for their clients.
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Thank you to the non-profit organization Free Bikes 4 Kidz for providing CHHH with bikes for our kids.
Thanks to Jon and Nancy for volunteering their time to refurbish the front steps and deck. They were in great need to be replaced and it turned out to be a bigger job than they originally thought, but they were up to the challenge and got the job completed. In the spring the steps and deck will receive a coat of stain. They actually knocked it out over the New Year weekend, Again, thank you Jon and Nancy…
Caring Hearts Helping Hands, extends its sincere thanks to the Champions' Club Outreach Committee for its generosity. In addition to the two car loads of school supplies donated by the group, $410 was collected from the communities' residents. Due to this generosity we needed to do very little shopping for our 123 children enrolled in Heart and Sole Project this year. We were able to also purchase a gift card for shoes for each child too. Thank you, Peter and Patti Zajac and Maggie Rozmalski for co-chairing the group. We were excited to see how organized the items were and all boxes labeled.
Recently the Milford Lions Club donated over $83,000 to 25 Milford community organizations. The donations were from the Milford Lions Club’s Eunice S. Reed Fund. The Milford Lions Club donated $2,000 to Caring Hearts Helping Hands (CHHH), a 501-c-3 non-profit organization helping Kent County’s financially challenged working families.
Gaillyn Wadkins-Berry, Reed Fund Awards Co-Chair said, “With our donation of $2,000, we are privileged to be able to partner with CHHH to advance their service projects that improve the quality of life and education in our community”. Gina Campbell of CHHH said the money will advance the annual Christmas service project when about 125 client families with 300 children will receive a bag of new clothes, games, books, and toys. They also receive a food store gift card and gift card for footwear.
With the Milford Lion Club donation, and with the generosity of many local companies, individuals and organizations, grants, the CHHH Christmas project will continue to be successful which it has done since 2008.In 2010, a group of friends came together with a shared vision of making a positive impact in their community. They founded Caring Hearts Helping Hands, an organization dedicated to supporting those in need.