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The Bucks County Opportunity Council has been helping residents of Bucks County struggling financially during the holiday season for over twenty years with their Adopt-a-Family program. The program provides financial assistance for the holidays to people already enrolled in BCOC programs by pairing client households with a donor to purchase gifts and gift cards for the holidays. Community members can sign up now to make this holiday season special for a family in Bucks County. Donors decide how many families and/or individuals they would like to sponsor, sign up on the BCOC website, and are sent the names and ages of all family members and a donation form with instructions via email. The suggested donation value is $100 per family member and up. These are families who are actively working with a coach on the BCOC team to achieve economic self-sufficiency. Adults with no family or children are also available to sponsor, including seniors. “This program saved the holiday for my family, and greatly reduced the stress I normally feel,” said single mother Elizabeth last year when she came to pick up her donations. “I can’t thank the generous people who get involved enough!” Donors tend to return year after year, often expressing their sense of fulfillment and community when they participate. The program is open and ready for sponsors with all donations due by December 11, 2024. The link to sign up is also available here: Sponsor Information (donorperfect.net). For questions, please reach out to Danielle Bush, Volunteer and Community Connections Manager, at dbush@bcoc.org. BCOC is the lead anti-poverty, non-profit organization in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, dedicated to ending poverty by connecting people with the resources they need to thrive. BCOC has five major program areas: Housing, Food, Weatherization, Volunteer Income Tax Preparation (VITA) and the Economic Self-Sufficiency (ES) Program. Housing includes street outreach, rental and move in aid, and utility shut-off prevention. Food services supply food directly to families through a network of 74 food pantries and distribution sites. Weatherization services help families in reducing their energy costs. VITA provides free income tax preparation assistance. The ES Program assists individuals and families to leave poverty permanently through case management, education, and employment. For over 59 years, the Opportunity Council has served low-income families in Bucks County by helping them to stabilize when in crisis, garner resources to achieve a livable wage, gain additional education and training, and work towards economic self-sufficiency.
The Bucks County Opportunity Council has been helping residents of Bucks County struggling financially during the holiday season for over twenty years with their Adopt-a-Family program. The program provides financial assistance for the holidays to people already enrolled in BCOC programs by pairing client households with a donor to purchase gifts and gift cards for the holidays.
Community members can sign up now to make this holiday season special for a family in Bucks County. Donors decide how many families and/or individuals they would like to sponsor, sign up on the BCOC website, and are sent the names and ages of all family members and a donation form with instructions via email. The suggested donation value is $100 per family member and up. These are families who are actively working with a coach on the BCOC team to achieve economic self-sufficiency. Adults with no family or children are also available to sponsor, including seniors.
“This program saved the holiday for my family, and greatly reduced the stress I normally feel,” said single mother Elizabeth last year when she came to pick up her donations. “I can’t thank the generous people who get involved enough!” Donors tend to return year after year, often expressing their sense of fulfillment and community when they participate.
The program is open and ready for sponsors with all donations due by December 11, 2024. The link to sign up is also available here: Sponsor Information (donorperfect.net). For questions, please reach out to Danielle Bush, Volunteer and Community Connections Manager, at dbush@bcoc.org.
BCOC is the lead anti-poverty, non-profit organization in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, dedicated to ending poverty by connecting people with the resources they need to thrive.
BCOC has five major program areas: Housing, Food, Weatherization, Volunteer Income Tax Preparation (VITA) and the Economic Self-Sufficiency (ES) Program. Housing includes street outreach, rental and move in aid, and utility shut-off prevention. Food services supply food directly to families through a network of 74 food pantries and distribution sites. Weatherization services help families in reducing their energy costs. VITA provides free income tax preparation assistance. The ES Program assists individuals and families to leave poverty permanently through case management, education, and employment.
For over 59 years, the Opportunity Council has served low-income families in Bucks County by helping them to stabilize when in crisis, garner resources to achieve a livable wage, gain additional education and training, and work towards economic self-sufficiency.