May raffle

Caring Hearts Helping Hands, Inc. (CHHH) received over $4000 from It’s a

All Good in Delaware, Inc., a non-profit charitable organization serving Central Delaware. CHHH is a non-profit organization serving 125 eligible Kent County low-income working families in Kent County, DE.

It’s All Good in Delaware, Inc. was a fund raising organization until December 2020 when it closed its corporation. It started in 2008 when a group Dover High School classmates started fund raising to help a fellow classmate (and family) with medical expenses. After her passing, they continued to raise funds for other local causes and people in need. The remaining funds at 2020 year end were donated to CHHH.

At the Milford Lions Club October meeting, Gina Campbell, Board Member of Caring Hearts Helping Hands was presented with a check for $ 2500 for its service to the community. Caring Hearts Helping Hands (CHHH), a non-profit organization, assists low-income working families with children in Kent County, DE. CHHH serves about 125 families and is staffed by 18 volunteers. Clients shop at no charge in the Magnolia warehouse and participate in the Heart & Sole (back to school) and Christmas programs. 

The Milford Lions Club’s mission is to empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage each and promote international understanding through Lions Clubs. Since 1917 Lions serve; individuals join together to give their valuable time and effort to improving their communities and the world. Their vision is to be the global leader in community and humanitarian service. Lionsclub.org

For the last thirteen years, the Milford Lions Club donated funds to local non-profits from the Reed Fund Grant project. Ms. Eunice Reed, without connection to the club, donated a large sum of money. The club donates a percentage from the interest earned each year. In 2020, the Reed Fund of the Milford Lions awarded 23 grants to qualified non-profit organizations serving the Milford area in the amount of $73,000.

For more information on the local club, to join or donate, contact Tom Reiss at 908-581-7931 or KingLion@milfordlions22d.com.

 "Many thanks to the folks at Del-One Credit Union for their generous donation of school supplies to our Heart and Sole program and thank you for the gift bags for our volunteers." 

 A big thank you goes out to our friends at Ray Book and Associates for their donation of school supplies to our Heart and Sole program. We so appreciates their continued support. 

 Again, this year the members of the Kent County 4-H Links Association helped pack 200 bags of school supplies for our financially challenged working families here in Kent County. Our clients can come in on 8/15, 8/18 or 8/19 to pick up supplies for their children. Thank you (left to right) Connie Harrington, Carol Fleming, Jill Tatman, BJ Van Kavelaar, and Sue Eliason.

CHHH Directors received four big boxes of brand new children's books from David Walczak, Camden-Wyoming Rotary. 

Left to right Eileen Redden, Marilyn Ries, Faye Yonkers, David Walczak and Dawn O'Connell 

Shore United Bank in Camden, DE presented CHHH a check for $250 from the proceeds that was a result of their cookbook sales project.

Left to right Chris Berger, Jaimee Lewis, BJ Van Kavelaar, Robin Deputy and Summer Lewis.