Press
Release
10-15-2009
Applications
will be taken for children ages 2 – 12,
beginning November 30, 2009, through December 14,
2009.
Office hours will be from 9:00 a.m. –
12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Monday
- Friday
OPEN
@ 9:00 a.m -12:00pm
LUNCH
-- 12:00pm - 1:00 pm
RE-OPEN:
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Our
headquarters
will be in the Upper Level of the Innsbruck Mall -
85 Tunnel Rd. - Asheville, NC 28805.
We will have signs in the
windows. Each applicant
must have a LEGAL picture ID when applying.
They can apply for their own children between the
ages of 2 and 12. Applicants must bring
either the child's social security card, birth
certificate, and proof that they receive Medicaid,
free lunch, and any other type of assistance.
The applicants can only apply for toys if they
haven't received help from any other organization., and if they do not speak English, they
must have a translator with them.
Donations can be sent to:
Santa Pal
P.O. Box 1912
Asheville, N.C. 28812
Eblen-Kimmel
Foundation
www.eblencharities.org
We are pleased to announce the co-sponsorship with
the Eblen-Kimmel Foundation. The Eblen-Kimmel Charities is a non-profit organization whose outreach extends throughout the counties of western North Carolina and through its numerous programs has helped thousands upon thousands of families each year with medical and emergency assistance.
Founded in 1991 in Asheville, NC by Joe Eblen, President of the Biltmore Oil Company, as the Eblen Foudation we has become one of North Carolina’s most innovative and effective social enterprises. Within its first decade, the Eblen Foundation has grown from assisting 300 families with one program during its first year to assisting tens of thousands of families with nearly 60 programs yearly throughout western North Carolina.
Charity
serves as Santa's elves
By Barbara Blake Staff Writer / Asheville
Citizens Times
Nov. 26, 2004
10:53 p.m.
ASHEVILLE
- Mike Harris is a pretty tough dude. He's the guy
whose shoulder other people lean on, a rock of the
community, a tireless volunteer with the Asheville
Optimist Club who can handle the work of five
other men.
But
when the destitute families line up each holiday
season to apply for help from the Optimist Club's
Santa Pal toy-giving project, Harris, chairman of
the event, sometimes has to leave the building.
Santa Pal phone number:
828-258-3230 Active
Thanksgiving
Mike Harris –
Chairman
forthekids@santapal.org