Losing her job was the least of Christina Cox’s worries.
“I’m a single mother of three. I don’t get any support from the father and I needed help,” she said.
With money tight, Cox could use all the assistance she could get. Yet, just as she was terminated from her job, the state Department of Social Services told her it would no longer fund day care expenses for her children.
“Because I’m waiting on unemployment and because I don’t have a 9-to-5 job, they’re cancelling me,” she said.
Word she’d receive assistance from the Salvation Army’s Empty Stocking Fund was good news she said she needed to hear.
“It’s a stress reliever,” she said. “At least I know my kids will have something for Christmas.”
The Empty Stocking Fund has been providing relief to needy people for 27 years. It is a joint effort between the Salvation Army and the Morning News to bring Christmas to impoverished and low-income families in six Pee Dee counties.
People who would like to help families struggling through the holidays can donate to the Empty Stocking Fund in several ways:
By calling the Salvation Army at (843) 662-4461
By dropping off toys or monetary donations to the Salvation Army office building at 2210 Hoffmeyer Road in Florence
By giving monetary donations at any Florence BB&T bank branch: 605 S. Irby St., 1831 W. Evans St., and 407 W. Second Loop Road. Checks should be made payable to the Empty Stocking Fund, c/o Salvation Army.
Other ways to help the Salvation Army make Christmas brighter for those in need include:
Donating at a Salvation Army Christmas kettle
Adopting a family by dropping off gifts at the Salvation Army by Dec. 15 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Donating new, unwrapped toys for children through age 12, which will be distributed from the Salvation Army’s toy shop Dec. 23.
The Empty Stocking Fund not only accepts monetary and gift donations, but also food and clothing.
The Empty Stocking Fund form can be found on Page 3C.
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