(March 11, 2016) Worcester County GOLD (Giving Other Lives Dignity), Inc. is presenting the annual Spring Basket program for children in need in Worcester County.
Sponsors are being sought to create baskets. Children referred to GOLD through the Department of Social Services, or another agency, are matched with a sponsor, who creates a basket of treats to brighten the child’s spring.
While candy and small toys are always spring basket staples, sponsors are also asked to include useful items such as healthy snacks, hygiene items like toothbrushes, toothpaste and shampoo, coloring books, crayons and other art supplies, and school supplies such as pens and pencils.
In 2015, with the community’s help, GOLD provided baskets to 208 local children.
Anyone interested in sponsoring a child can sign up using the online form on GOLD’s website, www.worcestergold.org or contact Worcester County GOLD at 410-677-6830. The deadline for delivering baskets to the GOLD office is Friday, March 18, so sponsors are urged to sign up as soon as possible.
The mission of Worcester County GOLD is to improve the quality of life of local citizens for whom traditional means of well-being support is not fully available, and to promote dignity by providing financial aid to families in crisis, vulnerable adults and children in foster care.
Sponsors are being sought to create baskets. Children referred to GOLD through the Department of Social Services, or another agency, are matched with a sponsor, who creates a basket of treats to brighten the child’s spring.
While candy and small toys are always spring basket staples, sponsors are also asked to include useful items such as healthy snacks, hygiene items like toothbrushes, toothpaste and shampoo, coloring books, crayons and other art supplies, and school supplies such as pens and pencils.
In 2015, with the community’s help, GOLD provided baskets to 208 local children.
Anyone interested in sponsoring a child can sign up using the online form on GOLD’s website, www.worcestergold.org or contact Worcester County GOLD at 410-677-6830. The deadline for delivering baskets to the GOLD office is Friday, March 18, so sponsors are urged to sign up as soon as possible.
The mission of Worcester County GOLD is to improve the quality of life of local citizens for whom traditional means of well-being support is not fully available, and to promote dignity by providing financial aid to families in crisis, vulnerable adults and children in foster care.