Every year WBOC works to make the holiday season brighter for Delmarva's less fortunate children with the Bless Our Children campaign.
For more than a decade WBOC has teamed up with local residents to raise money to buy Christmas presents for needy children in our area. Through your generosity we raised more than $182,000 in donations in 2011. The money raised for Bless Our Children is distributed to charitable groups all across the peninsula. These charities then buy toys for children they know are in need, making sure they have a present to open on Christmas morning that comes from the heart. If your non-profit organization would like to apply for Bless Our Children funds, click here.
There are also many fundraisers held throughout the year to help the program, including school supply drives, which help provide school supplies to students in need.
Your donations to the Bless Our Children campaign will help children in need all year long, with a variety of donations. The money you give goes toward children in need on Delmarva.
Specially selected corporate partners also help by collecting donations and raising funds as well. In addition, area businesses are also invited to participate in the Hebron Savings Bank Bless Our Children Campaign Challenge, and receive public recognition for their contributions of $1,000 or more. Look for your chance to help out at fundraisers throughout the year, especially as Christmas draws closer. Your generosity can help put a smile on a youngster's face. For more information or to make a donation, write: Bless Our Children, c/o WBOC TV 16, 1729 N. Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury, MD 21801. You can also make a secured credit card donation by clicking here.
You can also make donations to Bless Our Children at local Friendly's stores and area Hebron Savings Bank branches. If making a donation at the bank, please let the teller know that it is for Bless Our Children.
So far this year, the campaign has raised $203,297. The following businesses and organizations have contributed to the Hebron Savings Bank Bless Our Children Challenge:
- Giant Food Store
- Selbyville Elks Lodge
- Burris Logistics
- SPI Pharma, Inc.
- Cedar Neck Church, Inc.
- Selbyville Auto Parts - NAPA
- Delmarva Insulation Company & its Employees
- Eastern Shore Poultry Co., Inc.
- Apple Discount Drugs & its Employees
- Worcester Preparatory School
- Risk Placement Services, Inc.
- Pep Up, Inc. & Its Employees
- Ruritan Club of Pocomoke
- Pyramid Transport, Inc.
- Richard Y. Johnson & Son, Inc
- B&G Heating & Air
- Wicomico County Board of Education
- Southern Delaware Classic Cars
- Your Doc's In
- In Memory of Oggie Wise
- Somerset Soil Conservation
- Eastern Shore Forest Products, Inc.
- Hudson Consulting
- Auto Plus & Marine/Goodyear Tires & Service
- Hickman Beach Plaza in Bethany Beach
- NRG - Indian River Generating Station
- Cape Orthopaedics
- Whitehall Neck Sportsman Club
- Professional Leasing, Inc.
- Drs. Ahmad, Benner & Bulter @ Retina Consultants of Delmarva
- Hoffman Irrigation in Federalsburg, Md.
- Friends of Bel Air Auto Auction
- A Delmar farmer
- Clearview Farms, Inc.
- Best Ace Hardware
- TWK Consulting Group, Inc.
- Fisher's Popcorn on the boardwalk in downtown Ocean City
- Salisbury Moose
- Ocean RV Center
- Staff of Bob Willey & Sons
- Hollis Warren, Inc.
- Salisbury Elks Lodge #817
- Choptank Electric Cooperative
- Chris Nagel Trucking, Inc.
- Idlewild Ruritan Club
- Medical Staff of Nanticoke Health Services
- Eastern Shore Chapter of the Antique Truck Club of America
- EZ Loans
- Doug's Tire Service
- All Saint's Parish Thrift Shop
- Rommel's Ace
- Members of Local 1307 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- American Legion Post #123
- Joan W. Jenkins Foundation
- Commander Hotel
- Employees of Right Way Flagging & Sign Company
- Salisbury Fraternal Order of Eagles 4503
- Lower Shore Giant Food
- TGM Group
- Peninsula Imaging
- E & K Land Management, Inc.
- Koski Enterprise
- Punkin Chunkin Association
- Trimper's Rides of Ocean City
- J. Stacey Hart Engineering
- Pasco's Battery Warehouse in Fruitland
- Tronds Pool Care
- Bausum & Duckett Electric
- Sundance Pools of Delmarva
- Baker Boys Trucking
- Seaford Concrete Products
- Mr. Mulch of Seaford
- Holland Jewelers
- Affordable Business Systems
- 1st Service Heating and Air Conditioning
- Fishers Popcorn - Fenwick, Bethany & Rehoboth
- M & M Properties LLC
- Advanced Alert (Medical Alarms)
- Smokey Farms
- Tony Tank Tribe #149 Red Men Lodge
- Management & Staff of Horner Honda
- Don-Lee Margin Corporation
- Carey's United Methodist Church
- Pet Poultry Products
- Reed Trucking Company
- Foster Concrete
- Daisey Well Drilling of Gumboro
- Johnny Janosik
- R.T. Absher General Contracting
- K & B Auto of Delmar, Del.
- Bunting & Bertrand, Inc.
- ASAP Pumping & Disposal Services
- Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium and Ripley's Mirror Maze
- Auntie Anne's Pretzels - Centre of Salisbury
- Spencer Enterprises
- Atlantic Community Thrift Shop
- Chesapeake Paving
- Hobbs Contractors
- B & R Boyer Pressure Washing
- Brasure's Pest Control
- Miller's Lawn Service of Lewes
- Bethany United Methodist Men's Club
- Wicomico Yacht Club
- Mid-Atlantic Heating & Air Conditioning
- Blue Hen Spring Works
- Gary K. Marshall Insurance Agency
- H & M Bay, Inc.
- PNC Bank
- Hebron Savings Bank
- Friendly's- $10,000
- Faith Chapel Presbyterian Church - Libertytown, Md.
- ABC Refrigeration - Bishopville, Md.
- Scott Rice Termit and Pest Control - Salisbury
- Ocean City Elks Lodge #2645
- Atlantic Millwork & Cabinetry - Lewes, Del.
- Delaware Electric Cooperative- Greenwood, Del.
- Sam's Club- Salisbury, Md.
The Bless Our Children campaign is administered by Draper Holdings Charitable Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
