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On January 22nd (Ocean Ridge Charities Association) awarded BCHC a grant in the amount of $5,750 from their annual fall grants.

Ocean Ridge Charities Association, the BCHC would like to thank you for the generous grant!

Specifically, this contribution will be used for: Eviction prevention, rental assistance, emergency shelter and utility assistance. The use of funds will be effective upon receipt.

ORCA’s contribution would help support BCHC’s efforts to prevent homelessness and provide other services for those in need in Brunswick County.

In the photo from left to right, Terry Holt of ORCA; Mary Perno, ORCA president; and Joe Staton, BCHC board president.

ORCA’s website is www.orcharities.org and they are located at Ocean Ridge in OIB.

DID YOU KNOW?!

Brunswick County Homeless Coalition’s very own Jay Boulter hand delivers Street and House boxes full of food to those in need! Thank you Jay for all your hard work and effort in serving our community.

In 2025 74 house boxes were delivered. A house box is set up for families that have a kitchen available.

This year 59 street boxes were delivered. A street box is set up for those who do not have a kitchen and are supplied with ready to eat meals and often camping utensils.

The boxes all try to cover the 5 major food groups and 1 street box can save someone or be equivalent to $60-$80 dollars in groceries.

Pictured below you can see a replica of how many house boxes went out this year! You can also get an idea of the content and size of each box.

Once again a HUGE thank you to Jay Boulter for consistently getting these boxes out to those in need.

Betsy Duarte of BCHC received a large bounty of socks donated from Karen Beaty from The Ladies of The Holden Beach Chapel. Thank you so much for your generous and “warm” donation!!

Brunswick Sheriff’s Charitable Foundation Presents:

Diamonds & Denim 14th Annual Charity Ball
Friday March 6th, 2026- 6pm- 10pm

You can purchase tickets for this great cause at this website:

www.sheriffscharity.com

Then select

-Events
-Diamonds and Denim Charity Ball
-Charity Ball Ticket Purchases

Benefiting:
Brunswick County Homeless Coalition
His Chosen Outreach Ministries
Lower Cape Fear Lifecare

A big THANK YOU to Kathy Grochowski and Robin Rauscher of Lockwood Folly POA and all who participated. Kathy and Robin presented BCHC with a check for $735.00-the proceeds of their “Socks N Shots” fundraiser from earlier this November.

Grants presss release 12-11-25 (1)

BCHC has not (yet) secured permission to meet at our usual venue, the Brunswick Center at Shallotte, in 2026 and going forward. As such, the venue for the January 13, 2026 meeting (at 6pm) will be different.

We will instead meet at C Z Griffith Plumbing in Ocean Isle Beach, 565 Meadow Summit Dr #4, Ocean Isle Beach, NC 28469 (Google Maps Link). Thank you to C Z Griffith Plumbing for agreeing to host our meeting, and for your ongoing support! We appreciate it.

See you there!

The Brunswick County Homeless Coalition would like to warmly thank Brunswick Senior Resources, Inc. for providing us with a venue to meet for the past eight years, and for their continued support and participation. Thank you!