Help ACO Feed Families

The holidays are here and the need for emergency assistance to families is great during this time of year. Now is the time for volunteers to seize the opportunity to reach out through two programs ACO offers.

First is our collection of ACO Holiday Food Boxes. Non-Perishable food items are currently being accepted at the ACO Community Outreach and donation drop-off locations around town. Hundreds of boxes will be packed with food and given to families to take home to prepare their own traditional Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners.

You can participate by donating the items listed below. It will take the community’s support to provide enough food to the many local families that need extra groceries this holiday season.

You can also picking up a box from ACO and decorate it with a Thanksgiving or Christmas theme and return it before November 17- it’s a great project for kids. Volunteers are also needed to help in the sorting, packing and distribution of boxes November 17-21.

The second holiday program is our Toys For Our Tots Drive with our Christmas Adoption Program. Beginning the day after Thanksgiving, ACO will be collecting toys for children who live locally. Allen area fire station and Santa Claus at The Village at Allen will be drop off locations through December 15.

If you’d like to do more than donate toys, consider adopting a child, teen or Senior this Christmas and play Santa yourself by purchasing things from their wish list. Register as an Adopter with ACO’s Christmas Adoption Program and request a child, teen or Senior. Preferences will be given as to age and male or female if available. You’ll be given their wish list and a bag to fill with your purchases. Simply return it to ACO by December 16 and ACO volunteers will handle distribution. Adoption forms and information is here on our website.

Volunteers are needed for these holiday programs so contact Marjorie@acocares.org if you’d like to be involved. A volunteer schedule is available for viewing under the Volunteer Button to the left. If you’d like to be added to the schedule, please contact Marjorie@acocares.org.

HOLIDAY FOOD PROGRAM
Help Allen Community Outreach
Feed Families for
Thanksgiving and Christmas!

Each holiday season ACO reaches out to the community for support to collect food for several hundred local families.

Help your neighbors by purchasing items from this list and donating
to the ACO Center between now and Nov. 16th at 801 E. Main Street.

For more info call 972-727-9131.

Gift Cards for Frozen Turkeys
Bisquick
Corn Meal/ Corn Muffin Mix
Flour
Sugar
Canned Pie Filling
Pie Crust Mix
Jell-O
Pudding Mix
Canned Veggies
Yams
Marshmallows
Stuffing Mix
Instant Mashed Potatoes
Rice
Dried Beans
Canned Fruit
Canned Gravy
Broth
Canned Milk
Canned Pumpkin
Foil Roasting Pans
Pie Pans