Many have asked us, "How can we help Bucks County families this holiday season?" You can support families and the Opportunity Council in a variety of ways!

Adopt A Family Holiday Edition

Sponsor a local family that’s working toward economic self-sufficiency have a happy holiday! 

Give A Christmas

Bring joy to a family through the Intelligencer campaign for local families.

Food and Meal Kit Drives



Thanksgiving Meal Kit Drive, Team Up Against Hunger, and the HNC Produce Drive, all offer ways to keep families fed this holiday season.

Questions? Corporate group reservations? Contact Eileen Hartnett Albillar for more information at ealbillar@bcoc.org. 



Community Events

Scoogie Events puts on Fun, Family-Friendly Running Events all year long. They have chosen BCOC as the charity partner this year for TWO events! The Doylestown Jingle Bell Turkey Trot on Sunday November 27th & the Holiday Hustle

at Peddlers Village on Thursday December 1st.

Volunteers needed to help with set-up, signage, runner traffic directing, bag check and more. Volunteer Sign up!

Want to participate and raise money for BCOC? Visit Scoogie Events.

Give A Christmas Office Help

(Warminster)

BCOC provides holiday assistance to families in need during the holiday season. Spanish-speaking volunteers are needed to assist in our Warminster location. These activities will take place Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between the hours of 9 am-3 pm, from November 29th - December 16th. If you are interested, please add your name and we will contact you to discuss availability.

Volunteer From Home

Volunteers make calls to seniors to remind them about their upcoming food delivery. These calls can be done anytime during the day on the date of the sign up. Each "slot" is about 20-25 calls. You can sign up for as many as you would like, each should take about 1-2 hours. Volunteer from Home Sign Up

Food Program Volunteers Needed

Deliver Food the week of Thanksgiving!

We are seeking volunteers on Tuesday, November 22^nd to deliver Emergency Food Boxes to homebound seniors, and to Thanksgiving meal baskets to families!

Emergency Food Delivery (Bristol)

AND Thanksgiving meal Basket Delivery (Yardley)

Register for HELP Center volunteer shifts here. The HELP center is located in Bristol. 

Doylestown and Upper Bucks Warehouse and delivery openings, as well as volunteer-from-home, contacting seniors by phone.  



Join the BCOC Wegmans Delivery team! Volunteers use the BCOC van (starting from Doylestown) to pick up excess food at Wegmans in Warrington each weekday, and take it to food pantries for distribution. There is one driver, and one helper who helps load and unload. Approximately 2-3 hour time commitment, depending on delivery location.

Pick a date below to help, and you can ride along with our current volunteers before then to see how it works.

Volunteers assist with set-up, food packaging, traffic, distribution and more at the FREE farmer's market!

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, we expect an increase in visits next week, so we have extra volunteer spots available!

Wednesdays from 10:30 - 1:00 PM at Quakertown Community Park

Tuesdays from 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM 

First and Third Thursdays from 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM 

Fridays from 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM 

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