Montgomery County Christmas Store

11/22/2024

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Edith-Anne Duncan Design makes sure that each project reflects the unique space, personality and lif

11/22/2024

Edith-Anne Duncan has created this one-of-a-kind lovely doll house to benefit the Montgomery County Christmas Store. You can go to her Edith-Anne Duncan Design page to place bids. You only have 48 hours to bid on this hand-made and fully furnished doll house. Some one is going to win something really special. Good luck!

11/22/2024

A Toy Drive to benefit the Montgomery County Christmas Store will be held Friday, November 22, at the Volleyball game between VT and Notre Dame. Please consider bringing a new, unwrapped toy to the game to help stock the shelves of the Toy Department so the children of eligible shoppers can have a good Christmas.

11/21/2024

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CHRISTMAS STORE BOOKS AREA HALTING DONATIONS FOR 2024.

The Books Area is overflowing, and as a result, no book donations will be accepted past Wednesday, November 27 at 4 PM. The wonderful community response means we can offer more books to our shoppers this year, but we don't have room to shelve or to store more book donations at this point.

Beth in Books (Beth Waggenspack) offers the following suggestions if you still have books to donate:
(1) If you are part of an organization/group with a book drive and you can't meet the Wednesday, November 27 cut off date, please contact me ASAP at [email protected].
(2) If you still have books to donate now, here are some suggestions: (a) Beginning in January, I will be glad to meet you at the MCCS for you to drop them off. By then, we will begin restocking for next year! Contact me at [email protected] next year when you are ready. (b) If you want to donate books now, there are many local groups who take books, including MCEAP in Christiansburg, two Goodwills (Blacksburg and Christiansburg), and YMCA Thrift Store in Blacksburg (among many local groups). Often, churches have need for children's books. I suggest you call first, because some places may have greater need than others, some may not accept certain types of books, and so on.
The Books Area volunteers are grateful for your record number of donations; you have helped many families to have great books under their Christmas tree.

This halt in book donations DOES NOT INVOLVE any of the other donation areas.

11/21/2024

Because of wonderful, caring people like Evelyn West who is 102 years young, the Eligible Adult Department of the Montgomery County Christmas Store will have warm, colorful, hand knitted hats on their shelves. Eligible shoppers will be able to choose their favorite hat as they come to shop in the department. It is always heart warming to see a shopper pick out the hat they want and hear them say, "Someone made this for me?" And we always answer, "Yes, they did."
Evelyn has knitted hats for the Christmas Store for many years and this year she delivered 140 hats to the Store. Thank you, Evelyn, for caring about our neighbors in need.

11/20/2024

If you want to donate items to the Montgomery County Christmas Store, you can donate new boys underwear sizes 4 or 5. Nancy in Boys & Girls Size 4-8 Department has issued a request asking for these items. Please help her fill the shelves in the department to make sure we have enough needed items for Store Week December 9-14 when we help our eligible shoppers have a good Christmas.

11/20/2024

Do you have extra wrapping paper you could donate to the Montgomery County Christmas Store? Vicky from the New Goods Department of the Christmas Store has asked for needed wrapping paper especially Christmas paper. She says, "Special circumstances lead to special measures. This year we need gift wrap. Please consider donating a few extra rolls along with your donation. Our Big Red Box out front is ready to receive items."
The Christmas Store located at 30 West Main Street in the back parking lot is open for donations on Friday, November 22 from 2-5pm, Monday, November 25 from 2-6pm, and Friday, November 29 from 2-5pm this month. Someone will be there to take your donations.

11/20/2024

A Toy Drive to benefit the Montgomery County Christmas Store was held last night at the Women's Basketball game between VT and Rutgers. What a game and VT Women won 91-80! Thank you to everyone who brought toys to stock the shelves of the Toy Department for Store Week December 9-14.

Tonight there will be another Toy Drive at the Men's Basketball game at 7:00pm. Come enjoy some good basketball and help to provide toys for the children of our eligible shoppers. Volunteers will be at entrances to Cassel Coliseum to collect new, unwrapped toys and you can help us provide Christmas to our neighbors in need.

11/20/2024

Let us thank you for all your donations and volunteer work at the Montgomery County Christmas Store. A Holiday Open House will be held Sunday, December 8 at the Store.
Tours will be available so you can see all the departments decked out in Christmas decor and the shelves stocked with new goods. Volunteers have worked hard all year to get the Store ready to open December 9 for our eligible shoppers.
Stop by for some refreshments, holiday cheer, and share in our excitement as we host the 2024 Christmas Store!

11/18/2024

Pat shared, "These are students from the Key Club and PTSA from Christiansburg High School collecting personal items for MCCS."
It is heart warming to see young people work to help the Christmas Store provide needed items to stock the shelves of the Consumable Good Department so they can give these items to our neighbors in need during Store Week Dec. 9-14.
Thank you so much to everyone at Christiansburg High School who donated goods to the Christmas Store.

11/18/2024

The Montgomery County Chrismtas Store relies on the many volunteers that help us each year during the Christmas Store Week. We love to offer the volunteers fresh and homemade items to enjoy during their volunteer shift. We are hoping you will help us do that by signing up to drop off an item from our requested list. If you are also volunteering for a shift, consider signing up for an item and drop it off when you arrive for your shift! The store is located at 30 West Main Street in Christiansburg. Thank you in advance for considering helping in this way! Our many volunteers thank you too!

The Montgomery County Chrismtas Store relies on the many volunteers that help us each year during the Christmas Store Week. We love to offer the volunteers fresh and homemade items to enjoy during their volunteer shift. We are hoping you will help us do that by signing up to drop off an item from ou...

11/18/2024

Store week is less than three weeks away!! Have you applied yet?

Come see us this Wednesday as we take in-person shopping applications. You can find out on the spot if you apply. Shopping dates in December are filling up fast! We have several dates coming up to apply in person OR skip the line and apply online: https://www.mcchristmasstore.org/eligibility. You will need the following documents to apply:

* Photo ID of the applicant
* Photo ID for each eligible adult
* ID for each eligible child (birth certificate, insurance card, or Social Security card)
* Proof of address (utility bill, mail, or lease)
* Proof of SNAP (if applicable, award letter with the current year)
* Proof of income (pay stubs, bank statements, award letter for disability, etc.)

Got questions? Email us at [email protected]

11/18/2024

On Wednesday, November 20, the Men's Basketball team will host Jacksonville at Cassel Coliseum. You can come enjoy watching the VT men play and help the Montgomery County Christmas Store at the same time.
A Toy Drive to benefit the Christmas Store will be held at the game and volunteers from the Toy Department will be there to collect your donations of new, unwrapped toys. Barbie Dolls and baby dolls are often requested by children.
Store Week for our eligible shoppers will be December 9-14 and we want to have the shelves of the Toy Department fully stocked to provide Christmas for our neighbors in need. You can help!

11/18/2024

Don't forget the Toy Drive benefitting the Montgomery County Christmas Store on Tuesday, November 19 for the Women's Basketball Game! VT Women will host Rutgers and the Hokie women are fun to watch. Please bring a new, unwrapped toy to the game. Volunteers from the Toy Department will be at the game to collect your donations! Crafts of all kinds are a popular item to donate to fill the shelves of the Toy Department.
You can cheer on the Hokie women and help the Christmas Store provide Christmas to our neighbors in need!

11/17/2024

Every year, it is my pleasure to go to Kirstan's house in Blacksburg to pick up all the hats that her mother who lives in Leesburg makes for the Christmas Store. Judy, Kirstan's mother, spends all year knitting these wonderful hats to keep her hands busy as she deals with her ailing husband. I think I counted 96 hats!
As you can see, they are so nice and colorful and I give the smaller ones to Vicky for the 4-8 Boys and Girls Department and the larger ones to Sally for the Eligible Adults Department. It is always such fun to take a senior shopper by the display of hats and ask them to choose one. They are always so touched that someone has hand knit a hat for them.
Thank you so much, Judy, for all the knitting you do for our neighbors in need. Thank you, Kirstan, for always contacting me to pick them up from you. I know you hate for me to take a photo of you but I really love this one! Picking up the hats your mother made for us is one of my favorite things to do for the Christmas Store.

11/17/2024

"Wonderful volunteers from Colley Architects came to the Christmas Store and built shelves for the Toy Department. These new shelves will give us more storage for toys. Every year the folks from Colley Architects have come to the Christmas Store and helped ready the Toy Department for our shoppers." Carol from the Toy Department shared the annual volunteering by Colley Architects.
Thank you so much to all of you from Colley Architects for your annual day to volunteer at the Christmas Store to get the Store ready for Store Week on December 9-14. It takes the whole community doing a bit of everything to make the Store a success and help our neighbors in need.

11/17/2024

Thank you for hosting Montgomery County Christmas Store Eligibility Team for shopping applications! We love coming into communities and collaborating with you.

Church on Main was pretty excited that Learning in Love hosted a Christmas Store sign-up for our Adam’s Marke families. For almost three hours from late afternoon and into the evening NINE families stopped by and completed the paperwork.

The Montgomery County Christmas Store eligibility team was SO amazing as well as Elena from PFES who translated for many of our families. Thanks to all involved. We will be back from noon-2:00 pm on Saturday. Walk-ins welcomed. Thanks Montgomery County Christmas Store and PFES for caring.