{"id":49714,"date":"2026-10-20T10:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T15:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=49714"},"modified":"2026-10-20T11:09:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:09:42","slug":"49714","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/calendar\/49714-49714\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications for FISH Holiday At Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-tribe_events pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49715 additional-class aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FISH-Holiday-applications-2026-850.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"827\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FISH-Holiday-applications-2026-850.jpg 827w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FISH-Holiday-applications-2026-850-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/FISH-Holiday-applications-2026-850-768x789.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">FISH HOLIDAY AT HOME 2026<\/span><br \/>\n(formerly The Christmas Store for Senior and Disabled)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Effingham County Senior\/Disabled Citizens<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>GENERAL UPDATE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Effingham County FISH volunteers will collect, pack and deliver senior citizens food bags along with small Christmas items the week of December 6 through 11.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Many of these Effingham County citizens may be alone during this joyous season. We wish to help make their Christmas a little brighter.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>REGISTRATION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applications will be available November 1 through 22 at the FISH Service Center, Catholic Charities, Effingham Hi-Rise Office, Burton Devore, Slate Creek, CEFS Outreach Office, and Village Apartments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DONATION INFORMATION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last year, 289 Effingham County Senior\/Disabled Citizens received a grocery bag of non-perishable food, a half ham or 4 frozen chicken breasts, gift card for perishable food, a hand-made Christmas stocking filled with Christmas gifts, and a bag of personal and cleaning items.<\/p>\n<p>It takes many donations to make these gifts possible.\u00a0 If you, your organization, or business would host a food and\/or small gift drive for these special Effingham Citizens, please contact Karen at 217-821-0722.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>NEEDED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Individual serve meals, small portion foods, diabetic and gluten free food items.<br \/>\nMonetary donations will help purchase the meat and the grocery gift cards.<br \/>\nPlease contact Karen at 217-821-0722 to coordinate your collection.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>VOLUNTEER NEEDS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, December 7 \u2013 Thursday, December 10<\/strong> at 9am<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Food sorting and bag packing at the FISH Service Center.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, December 11<\/strong> from 9am to noon<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Deliver Christmas bags, food and gifts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, December 11<\/strong> \u2013 1pm to finish;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Sort and set-up used toys, Christmas decorations, coats<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, December 12<\/strong> \u2013 8am-1:30pm<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">FISH Warehouse open to distribute used toys, Christmas d\u00e9cor, coats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &nbsp; FISH HOLIDAY AT HOME 2026 (formerly The Christmas Store for Senior and Disabled) Effingham County Senior\/Disabled Citizens &nbsp; GENERAL UPDATE: Effingham County FISH volunteers will collect, pack and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[40],"class_list":["post-49714","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-community-calendar","cat_community-calendar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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