Opportunities From: United Way of Greater Mercer County

Each year, the Angel Tree program helps provide Christmas gifts for thousands of children and seniors in need across the country. The generosity of anonymous (Individuals, families or corporate teams) donors who adopt “angels” from the Angel Trees helps make the season more rewarding for the gift giver and gives a sense of normalcy to the recipients.

Last year we served over 700 children and 350 families with toys, clothing and food boxes for Christmas. Help us continue bringing hope during the holidays!

As noted above, this year we have an estimated amount of 1,200 children that will be able to celebrate Christmas with toys under the tree. Therefore, we need SANTA and his elves to help give the toys to families. Distribution will take place drive-thru style in the parking lot of our building. Volunteers will help load toy bags and food boxes into the trunk of vehicles.

Last year we had over of 1,200 children that will be able to celebrate Christmas with toys under the tree. Therefore, we need SANTA's Elves to help our toy shop and pack toys for each child in their assigned bags as well as prepare food baskets/boxes for about 500 families.

Help us distribute a turkey and a food box containing all the Thanksgiving meal fixings to families in our community. Distribution will take place drive-thru style in the parking lot of our building. Volunteers will help load turkey and food boxes into the trunk of vehicles. Other volunteers can also help collect general information about the family.

The Salvation Army is one of the largest programs in the US. Our Trenton community center holds music and creative classes for over 70 students on a weekly basis. Classes include: piano, guitar, drums, brass as well as dance. We need instructors who can teach the basics about music which includes but not limited to parts of the instrument as well as basic music theory. 

Help us collect non-perishable food items as well as diapers (wipes and baby hygiene items) for our pantry program that runs on a weekly basis. Families register and provide proof of address to ensure that they live within Mercer County. Items can be collected by your team/group and delivered to our location during office hours. We can provide letter/receipt of in-kind donation for proof.