Donations

How Can I Help?

Donations

You can help our home and the kids in many ways. Including donating time and goods.

Take a moment to visit the donor portal via Easy Tithe. You’ll find options to establish recurring gifts upon days of the month that you approve. And, you’ll note options to give via ACH debit as opposed to bank cards.

Please make all checks payable to:

Oblong Children’s Christian Home

4094 E 1050th Ave

Oblong, IL 62449

We are a non-profit tax deductible charity.

Food Pantry needs

Personal Items

Conditioner
Shampoo
Body Wash
Feminine maxi pads
Liquid hand soap & refills

Dry Items

Swerve
Stevia
Gluten-free, dairy-free, and
nut-free products
Flour
Taco seasoning
Brown sugar
Powered sugar
Brownie Mixes

Meat and Cheese

Pepperoni
Velveeta—light and regular
Shredded cheese (Mozzarella,
Mexican blend, Cheddar)
Beef—especially hamburger
Chicken

Canned and Bottled Items

Rotel tomatoes
Canned tuna
Creamy and crunchy peanut butter (JIF or
Skippy)
Ranch dressing
French Dressing
Honey Mustard Dressing
Chili beans
Canned pears
Pork and beans
Tomato juice
Tomato sauce
Bottled water
Mushrooms
Applesauce
Cream of chicken soup
Cream of mushroom soup
Oil—vegetable and olive
Broth—chicken and beef
Mandarin Oranges
Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce
Jelly—grape and strawberry

Canned and Bottled Items

Paper towels
Paper cups
Paper plates
Toilet paper
Plastic tableware
Napkins
Kleenex
Trash bags (30 gallon size; black)
Gallon-sized and sandwich-sized
Ziplock bags
Heavy-duty aluminum foil
Plastic wrap

Cleaning Supplies

Liquid laundry detergent
(unscented)
Fabric softener
Lemi Shine dishwasher powder
Resolve carpet cleaner
Windex
Scrubbing Bubbles
Lysol Surface spray cleaner
Toilet bowl cleaner
Dish soap
Dusting spray
Pine Sol

Donate Specialty Needs

  1. Good, used, low-mileage car (Fairfield)
  2. One set of living room furniture
  3. Asphalt for drives connecting campus homes (Oblong)
  4. Lighting for playground area (Oblong)
  5. Office chairs
  6. Road grader equipment (Oblong)
  7. Heavy-duty trailer for hauling tractor, hay, etc. (14,000 lb GVWR) (Oblong)
  8. Bicycle racks (Oblong)

Oblong Children’s Christian Home welcomes you to either of our campuses, and we’re thankful for your interest in partnering with us in ministry.  There are many possible projects.  Depending upon importance, time, skill, and cost, we may assign one or more projects to your group.  It is very important to the success of your mission trip that we work as a team.  Hopefully, this will make your trip easier and will allow us to be prepared for your arrival.  Above all, may Jesus be glorified in all of our efforts.

Take these important steps:

Pick a date (have a couple in mind)

Determine who will come (e.g., families, youth group members, skilled workers)

Determine your level of involvement (e.g., do you want to fund a special project AND work on it)

For work in Oblong, make a call to Chris Martin (618-553-3315; occhvolunteers@yahoo.com).  For work in Fairfield, make a call to Mark Hunt (618-599-5831; mmbj1990@wabash.net)

Leave a legacy–give a portion of your estate to Oblong Children’s Christian Home. Your generosity can provide homes for generations to come. You may designate your gift either to be used as needed by the Home or to be given to the Home’s endowment fund. Gifts given to the endowment fund keep on giving until the Lord returns as only the interest is used annually. There are many ways to give, including giving a percentage of your estate or a set amount, giving insurance policies, or giving the remainder of your IRA. Several of these vehicles may have great tax advantages that may increase the size of your gift. Annuities, which are both a gift and a lifetime income for you/your spouse, are available through the Children’s Home. Contact your financial adviser and Amy Kemp, Children’s Home co-administrator, for details.

A charitable bequest is a distribution of your estate (the sum of your assets) to a charitable
organization. Some estates are large, but many times even individuals who aren’t particularly wealthy have resources to make bequests to charities at their death. In fact, it has been said that if every American bequeathed $100 in his or her Last Will and Testament, billions of dollars would be received by charitable causes every year. This short article is designed to provide brief definitions of various kinds of bequests. Please understand that careful review of your intentions should be discussed at length with trained professionals.

General Bequests. Bequests of this sort can be specific dollar amounts, particular assets,
or a fixed percentage of an estate. However, the bequest comes from the general value of the estate.
Specific Bequests. If an individual leaves a particular item or particular property designated for a specific purpose, the individual is said to have left a specific bequest.
Residuary Bequests. If, after all other assets have been distributed and other terms of your
will have been satisfied, yet you desire to leave a portion to a particular charity, you may leave the residue portion of your estate to a charity, which would be a residuary bequest.
Contingency Bequests. These bequests allow an individual to leave a portion of the estate
to a charity if there are no surviving beneficiaries. Without a will, however, there is no vehicle in place to secure your bequest.