The White Doves Holiday
Project will hold its annual distribution of
toys and a holiday meal during the week of Dec.
18.
White Doves will serve more
than 1,100 families, which include nearly 3,000
children. These families are referred to White
Doves by agencies who know who could use a
helping hand.
The “White Doves warehouse”
at the Martin County Fairgrounds will handle 817
families over two days. Distribution hours are 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 20 and 10 a.m to 3 p.m. Dec.
21.
In Indiantown, White Doves
will serve 296 families from 9 a.m. to noon on
Dec. 18 at Hope Rural School.
On distribution days,
families get to “shop for free” and choose two
to four toys per child, depending on the amount
of toys donated in particular age and gender
categories. Families also receive the staples
for a holiday meal, as well as a turkey or ham.
In addition to the number
of families served through the Stuart and
Indiantown distributions, nearly 200 families
are “adopted” each year by generous individuals,
families, neighborhoods, businesses and school
groups.
ABOUT WHITE DOVES
The White Doves Holiday
Project serves as a central clearinghouse for
donated food and toys at holiday time. The
massive undertaking is a project of Martin
Volunteers and pools the resources of dozens of
volunteers, community groups, agencies,
families, businesses and faith-based and civic
organizations.
Martin Volunteers, formerly
known as the Volunteer & Community Resource
Center (VCRC), is a program of United Way of
Martin County.
Most of the nonperishable
food comes from the Boy Scouts’ Scouting for
Food drive, which was held Nov. 11 and brought
in 17,000 pounds of food. Thousands of toys are
donated at Toys for Tots collection points
throughout the county. White Doves is the local
coordinating organization for the Marine Corps
Reserve’s Toys for Tots drive in Martin County.
Donations of food, toys,
holiday decorations and money can be dropped off
at the White Doves warehouse, Building B at the
Martin County Fairgrounds, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday
through Friday, Nov. 27 through Dec. 19.
Anyone wishing to make a
monetary donation may send it to White Doves
Holiday Project, PO Box 362, Stuart, FL 34995.
More information is
available at
www.martinvolunteers.org/whitedoves or by
calling (772) 220-4472.
