Christmas For Moore, a local nonprofit dedicated to serving its Moore County neighbors in need at Christmastime, needs the community’s help.
After hosting in-person registrations in Carthage, Robbins and Southern Pines, along with online registrations, the group has once again topped its 2022 numbers with more than 2,100 residents registered. Now, Christmas For Moore finds itself in need of sponsors for more than 200 program participants this Christmas.
“We strive and have always been able to sponsor all who’ve registered for Christmas For Moore since the program launched in 2015,” said Kim Daly, program chair and sponsor herself for Christmas For Moore. “We need our Moore County community’s help again this year to make this season of giving brighter for our neighbors in need.”
Christmas For Moore allows sponsors to sign up directly on its website. Each sponsor decides on the number of participants to sponsor and then is matched with qualified program participants through the nonprofit. Sponsors agree to purchase gifts of clothing, household items, toys or food on the participants’ wish list. Sponsors for the Christmas For Moore program include area churches, civic groups, individuals, and local businesses, like Design Market of the Pines, who generously donated a new twin bed to a family for Christmas.
Christmas For Moore was formed in 2015 by a group of volunteers with an initial goal of filling the gap left by the Empty Stocking Fund by offering a systematic way to register families in need at Christmastime and match these families with area sponsors.
“If you, your church group, club, business or co-workers are willing to sponsor an individual or family in need, we would love to help you be the light in someone’s Christmas right here in the Sandhills,” said Daly.
For more information on becoming a Christmas for Moore sponsor or volunteer, call 910-477-3355 (voicemail), email [email protected] or visit www.Christmas4Moore.org. To assist with a donation, checks may be mailed to Christmas For Moore, P.O. Box 3962, Pinehurst, N.C., 28374. All donations are tax-deductible.
Feature photo: Kathryn King, of Design Market of the Pines, presents her donation of a new twin bed to a Christmas For Moore board member’s daughter.
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