As the holiday season nears, area groups are busy helping the less fortunate.

Email tneditor@tnonline.com to let us know what the wish list is for your nonprofit group.

Please be sure to include your contact information so people can fulfill your wishes.

We will compile everyone’s lists and run them in the Times News during the holiday season.

Family Promise of Carbon County

Submit items to 167 S. 3rd St., Lehighton. Call 610-379-4757 for information.

Dental floss

Razors

Shaving cream

Body wash

Loofa body sponge

Deodorant

Lotion

Chap stick

Cotton swabs

Umbrellas

Hand sanitizer

Tissues

Children’s underwear (all sizes)

Women’s underwear (all sizes)

Men’s underwear (all sizes)

Children’s pajamas

Coloring books and crayons

UNO cards

Bottled water

Snacks (individually wrapped, such as peanut butter crackers, chips, etc.)

Cleaning supplies

Paper towels

Toilet paper

Diapers, size 3, 4 and 5

Baby wipes

Socks for Seniors

Socks for Seniors - A toe-riffic way to spread warmth for the holidays

Now, more than ever, the area Nursing and Rehab Facilities can use an extra dose of holiday spirit. The Socks for Seniors Project is in full swing once again for our ninth year, thanks to an informative article published by the Times News in 2012 which sparked interest in the community.

Mary Ann Dulaney and daughter, Jessica Kutza, coordinators for the project, with the assistance of nine area businesses and locations are collecting donations of warm socks and other items to distribute to local nursing home and rehab center residents for the holiday season.

In addition to donations of nonskid and regular socks, soft tissues, personal care items (shampoo, lotion, chap stick, deodorant, brushes, combs, aftershave, shower caps, small hand sanitizers), individually wrapped snacks or sugar free candy, costume jewelry, garden gloves (for wheelchair use), backscratchers, puzzle books and anything to bring cheer to the elders are appreciated.

Socks for Seniors is a nationwide service project that supports individual efforts to hold sock drives in local communities. Founded by Jamie Coyne in Columbus, Ohio, this was to ensure that all seniors, even those without family members, would have a gift to open at the holidays.

New, unwrapped items can be dropped off at the following locations:

Coaldale: Coaldale Borough Hall

Lansford: Jim Thorpe Neighborhood Bank, Cynthia’s Cynful Styles

Summit Hill: Hiles Brothers

Nesquehoning: Classic Beverage

Jim Thorpe: Mauch Chunk 5 & 10

Lehighton: Beacon 443

Tamaqua: Dr Puddu’s office, M&S Hardware

To take part in the Socks for Seniors program, simply drop off a new, unwrapped item at a local drop-off box. The deadline is Dec. 11. Anyone with questions or any nursing center in need of gifts can contact Dulaney at 570-645-4228 or madula@ptd.net.

“Each year we are overwhelmed by the generosity of so many people. The businesses await the arrival of the boxes and look forward to collecting donations. We don’t want anyone in a nursing facility to be without a Christmas gift and holiday spirit, especially now,” Dulaney said. “We are grateful to everyone who continues year after year to share the spirit of Christmas through this project.”