Every year the Bless Our Children Campaign works to make the holiday season brighter for Delmarva's less fortunate children. For more than a decade, Bless Our Children has teamed up with local businesses and members of the community to raise money to buy Christmas presents for needy children in our area.
The money raised for Bless Our Children is distributed to charitable groups across the peninsula. These charities then buy gifts for children they know are in need, making sure they have a present to open for Christmas. So far in 2025, Bless Our Children has raised $325,276. Thank you to all those who have donated to brighten a child's holiday.
We want to especially thank the businesses, groups, and individuals who donated at least $1,000 to the Bless Our Children campaign and stepped up to join the Schell Brothers Challenge. Here is the Schell Brothers Honor Roll, in order of amounts given in increments of $1,000:
Friends & Family from Captain Bob's Oyster Roast
In Loving Memory of Stacy Dorsch
Atlantic Community Thrift Shop
Boggs Disharoon Post #123
Ocean City Elks Lodge #2645
Clark & Sons Garage Doors
James Maloney
Right Way Flagging and Sign Co., Inc.
Eastern Shore Corvette Club, Incorporated
Cape Henlopen Elks #2540
SeaBoard Billboard Boat
In Memory of Carolyn Lehman-Johnson
Wright Locations, Inc.
Pat Littleton and Steve Rosenberry
Michael and Nancy West
General Refrigeration Company
Faculty and Staff of Wicomico Public Schools
Edward Jones Office of Melinda Tingle
Sons & Daughters of Italy of Ocean City, Lodge #2474
Tony Tank Tribe #149
Midway Par 3
Inspiration Health Services, LLC
SchagrinGas Home and Comfort Products
Donna Sackett & John Parker
M. R. Ducks
Bunting and Murray Construction
Dorchester Lodge #223 IBPO Elks of the World
Apgar Turf Farm, Inc.
Chesapeake Urology, Drs. Mark Edney, Mark Shimko, Alyssa Gracely, and Jason Smith
C.J.'s Beach Bays
In Honor of Billo Hickman, Ocean View, DE
Peninsula Imaging, L.L.C.
Painting in America Made Great Again - Earl Johnson Painting
In Memory of Jean G. & John D. Henry
Mr. & Mrs. R. Dean Goldsborough
Evergreen Lodge #153
Janosik Family Charitable Foundation Fund
Emery's General Service of Millsboro
Willard's Lions Club
Shawn Nowell Aways Limitless Worldwide
Wheels That Heal Car Club
Chesapeake Waste Industries
Wicomico Lodge #91 A.F. & A.M.
Rotary International Lewes-Rehoboth Beach Rotary Club
Preston Growmark FS
Pocomoke Elks Lodge No. 1624
American Legion Synepuxent Post #166
Filmore Day Real Estate Services, LLC
Accurate Termite & Pest Control
Delaware Improved Order of Redmen & Degree of Pocahontas
Idlewild Ruritan Club
Hocker's Super Markets
DJ VO Entertainment
Murrays Residential Service - Dennis & Barbara Murray
Allen Chorman & Son, Inc.
Antique Alley of Bridgeville in memory of Ron Hatfield
Eastern Shore Auctions by Willie Benton
ASAP Pumping & ASAP Total Disposal
Absolute PDR - Dewane & Brandi Geise
David and Louise
Tylerton Church Inc.
Contractors for a Cause
Queen City Elks Lodge #1051
Accutrench Contracting LLC
IV Solutions
Terra Firma of Delmarva Paving
Crowley Associates Realty, Inc.
ABC Refrigeration, Inc. of Bishopville, MD
BYOC Build Your Own Cookie - Chincoteague & West OC
Corrado Construction Company
The Care'nville Foundation
Tops Cut Off - DJ Services & Recording Studio
Redmen of Delaware, Orphans Board
H V A C Services Unlimited, Inc.
Shore Fun Tractor Pullers
Eastern Shore Region Antique Automobile Car Club
Harry and Jenny Davis
Collins Wharf Sod
Brittany McKinley, in Loving Memory of Ava Leigh Quinn, Jim & Nancy McKinley
Missionary Baptist Church
Selbyville Elks Lodge 2173
King Crop Insurance, in Memory of Bonny King
Sons of The American Legion #123
Richard Jordan, in Memory of Maurice & Pearl Jordan
Liberty Concrete & Home Enhancements LLC
Kriss Contracting, Inc.
Dagsboro Paint & Wallpaper
In Memory of Cecily Whitt
Dance Conservatory & Ballet Theatre of Dover
O. T. Beauchamp Jr. American Legion Post 94
Anonymous
Lewes Rehoboth Moose Lodge 646
Hastings Marine Construction
June and John Lewis Jr.
Paula Kelley of Elite Lending Services, LLC
Don & Stephanie McEntaffer
Anonymous
Delmarva Art & Wool Expo
Towers Concrete Products, Inc.
GR Campbell Construction
Allen Lions Club
Zion Church of Salisbury, Women of Faith
Coastline Sunrooms and Awnings
The Riverside Grill
Pools, Pavers, & More
Harborside Bar & Grill
Bob Willey & Sons, Inc.
Hickman Beach Plaza
Preston R. Smith Plumbing & Heating
Rich & Karen Gaulin
American Legion Nanticoke Squadron #6
Historical Vintage Car Club of Delaware, Inc.
B & R Auto Parts Inc.
Joan W. Jenkins Foundation, Inc.
Jolly Roger Amusement Parks
Mike Singleton & Son's Pest Control Co.
Mt. Zion Holiness Church Inc.
Paul Morin's Floor & Wall Design
RD Grier & Sons Co.
Shore United Bank
Michael Kwiecien, REALTOR® with Coldwell Banker Realty
Holly Lake Campsites and Holly Lake Grill
Paradise Plumbing Inc.
Daisey's Well Drilling Inc.
Coastal Towing & Auto Repair Lewes
Murray Sod Farm
Monel & Sons Trucking Inc.
Donna Dorman Adams
Burris Logistics
SeaScape Property Management
In Memory of Sam Ellers Jr.
Johnson's Seed & Feed
Reynolds Excavating Inc.
In Memory of Granville and Joanne Trimper
Cheryl, Gary, and Boys
Maddox Brothers Trucking Inc.
Black Gold Farms
In Memory of Richard & Helen Webb
Bethel Community Church, Millsboro, DE
Chuck & Shirley Buchanan
In Loving Memory of Noah, Catherine, & Martha Hopkins
Classic Cakes of Salisbury
Japanesque
Odd Fellows Lodge Georgetown
Anonymous
Salem Church Inc.
American Legion Auxiliary Synepuxent Unit #166
Jefferson Urian Doane & Sterner, PA
Timothy & Terry Scott
Pries Farms LLC
Curtis Mercer Remodeling, Inc.
J. Stacey Hart Engineering
Drs. William and Linda Cooper
Delaware Street Rod Association
Finish Line Car Wash
Elaine Hall
Delmarva Decoy Collectors Association
Laurel American Legion Post #19
The Carroll Family
In Loving Memory of Frank & Margie Walker
Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #8276
In Loving Memory of Rick Batson
Jimmy & Linda Messick
Gloria Nock
Ocean City/Berlin Optimist Club
Sussex County FOE 4528
Salisbury Moose Lodge
IES Residential, Inc.
The Bless Our Children campaign is administered by the Draper Holdings Charitable Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.