Holiday food and gifts for Oberlin residents
Our annual holiday food distributions ensure that every Oberlin family has access to the ingredients for delicious and plentiful dinners at Thanksgiving and during December holidays, while our Holiday Helping Hands program ensures every Oberlin child can receive gifts this season.
REGISTRATION FOR OCS’ 2024 HOLIDAY PROGRAMS is now closed.
Food for the holidays
Our main giveaways this year will be held as choice pantries, allowing you to pick the ingredients you like best for holiday meals. We will still deliver prepacked food boxes to residents of JFO and Concord Manor apartments who request a delivery on the registration form.
For these special holiday distributions, the OCS choice pantry will be stocked with lots of traditional ingredients such as potatoes, corn, green beans, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie mix.
For Thanksgiving, families will each get a turkey. For the December holidays, families will be able to choose a turkey or ham (this is part of the registration form). Tempeh will be available at both holiday pantries as a vegan option.
*All meat is distributed frozen. Check out these guidelines from the USDA on safe methods for defrosting meat.
PICK-UP TIMES
The Thanksgiving food event for those who have registered will be held THURSDAY, NOV. 21 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the Cooper Community Resource Center, 500 E. Lorain St., Oberlin.
The December holidays food event for those who have registered will be held THURSDAY, DEC. 19 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the Cooper Community Resource Center, 500 E. Lorain St., Oberlin.
Holiday Helping Hands (gifts!)
Oberlin Community Services works to ensure an opportunity for every child in Oberlin have a great season. Every year, we match children ages 0-17 from income-eligible Oberlin families with a sponsor in the community. Sponsors purchase gifts, wrap them, and deliver them to our office for parents to pick up.
Please note that signing up for a holiday food distribution DOES NOT automatically sign you up for Holiday Helping Hands.
SPONSORS
You can make an Oberlin family’s holidays bright! To help, please call OCS at (440) 774-6579 at your earliest possible convenience. We will provide non-identifying information to help you select a great gift for them! There is no limit to how many kids you can sponsor.
PICK-UP TIME
The Holiday Helping Hands event for those who have registered will be held TUESDAY, DEC. 17 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the Cooper Community Resource Center, 500 E. Lorain St., Oberlin.
