Each December, with the support of community partners, NAWC provides approximately one week of meals to hundreds of local families in need. Some families have their food delivered. For others, we set up a supermarket experience, enabling customers to select items their families prefer and food they will definitely use.
The “supermarket” is created by many volunteers with the contributions of local schools, churches and businesses at the Memorial Hall of First Presbyterian Church in Newark — 292 W Main St, Newark, DE 19711.
Many volunteers are needed in mid-December during the four-day event period.
Holiday Food Program
sign-up will start in october 2026.
2022 Holiday Food Program Preparations
The program was modified in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19. In order to keep volunteers, contributors, and food recipients healthy, rather than assembling and distributing boxes of food, NAWC provided grocery gift cards via USPS.
Hundreds of Newark Area Families in need were given Acme gift cards with holidays greetings from the Newark Area Welfare Committee.
Holiday Food Program: 2020 & 2021
A small group of masked volunteers gathered to assemble the holiday gifts — Writing greetings and stuffing envelopes for Newark families!