WBOC is working 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 nearly $160,000 in donations in 2010. 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 Bless Our Children Campaign Challenge, and receive public recognition for their contributions of $1,000 or more. To date, the following businesses and organizations have participated in the 2011 Bless Our Children Campaign Challenge with donations of $1,000 or more:
- Friendly's: $11,000
- H & R Block - Berlin
- Trinity Foundation
- Pep-Up, Inc. and its employees
- M & L Truck Service
- Merrill Lynch Team "Smith Rust Group"
- RPS ISG International
- Foster Concrete- Parsonsburg
- Restaurant Owners and Entertainment Staff of the Blue Moon- Rehoboth Beach
- Volunteers of Salisbury Fire Station #2
- Antique Truck Club of American Eastern Shore Chapter
- Faculty, Staff & Administration of Worcester Prepatory School
- Jefferson School- Comedy at the Beach Committee
- J. Stacey Hart & Associates
- Whitehall Neck Sportsman Club- Kent County
- Emlyn Construction Co.- Dover, Del.
- H & M Bay, Inc.
- Giant Food- Salisbury, Easton, Long Neck, Rehoboth Beach and Millville locations
- Employees and Family at Johnny Janosik World of Furniture
- Trond's Pool Care
- ClearComm Technologies, LLC
- Salisbury Elks Lodge No. 817
- Steamboat Landing
- Right Way Flagging and Sign Co.
- JD Marshall- Transamerica & Monumental Life Insurance Companies
- Fisher's Popcorn- Fenwick/Behtnay/Rehoboth
- Zonko Builders
- Blue Hen Spring Works
- Callaway Office Equipment Co.
- Tiffany Howard Scholarship Fund
- Members of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union #1307
- Apple Discount Drugs
- Bill Herbst & The Staff at LaHacienda- Ocean City and Ocean Pines
- Hickman Beach Plaza- Bethany Beach
- Pyramid Transport, Inc.- Bridgeville
- Mr. Mulch- Seaford
- Tony Tank Red Men Tribe #149
- K & R Millwright
- B & G Heating & Air, Inc.
- Hebron Savings Bank
- TWK Consulting Group, Inc.
- WBOC
- Holland Jewelers- Lewes, Del.
- Chesapeake Paving & Sealing, Inc.
- It's All Good in Delaware, Inc.
- Spencer Enterprises- Ocean View
- Carpenters Local Union #2012- Seaford
- Ocean City Elks Lodge #2645
- Jolly Roger Amusement Parks
- IMS Paper Group
- American Legion Post #39- Selbyville
- Fat Boy's Crabs & Stan Evans Seafood
- H & R Block- Salisbury office
- H & R Block- Millsboro office
- Wicomico County Public Schools Teachers, Employees and Central Office Staff: $4,260
- Reed Trucking Company
- College Avenue Car Wash
- Punkin Chunkin Association
- Pohanka of Salisbury
- Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum and Mirror Maze in Ocean City
- 1st Service Heating & Air Conditioning Co. & Employees
- Pet Poultry Products, Inc.
- Faith Chapel Presbyterian Church
- EZ Loans, Inc. of Delaware
- Hastings Marine Construction, LLC
- PNC Bank
- Atlantic Auto Repair LLC
- Bethany United Methodist Men's Club
- Miss Utility of Delaware
- Gary K. Marshall Insurance Agency
- Azar Eye Institute
- Trimper's Rides of Ocean City
- Don Lee Margin Corporation
- Auntie Anne's Pretzels of Centre of Salisbury
- Fisher's Popcorn on the Boardwalk Ocean City
- Somerset Soil Conservation
- Hoffman Irrigation Service and Repair
- Parker & Son HVAC
- Tronds Pool Care
- Autoworld Car & Truck Accessory Center
- Weber Well Drilling and Geothermal
- H & R Block - Berlin
- Trinity Foundation
- Pep-Up, Inc. and its employees
- Fat Boy's Crabs and Stan Evans Seafood
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.
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.
