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Cape Henlopen Senior Center helps local charities

Second annual Be a Blessing – Blessing Someone in Need During Christmas Season program
Cape Henlopen Senior Center members, staff and board members contributed to local charities of need this holiday season. The center gave those charities gifts Dec. 19. Shown are (l-r) CHSC Board Secretary Brenda Milbourne, CHSC member Thea Quillen, Sussex County Crisis Housing Services Case Manager Joe Holder, Mount Pleasant Church Open Hands Soup and Clothing Ministry Volunteer Coordinator Gloria Miller, Casa San Francisco Program Manager Gary Belkot, Barbara K. Brooks Transition House Founder and President Debbie Short, Code Purple Site Director Mike Agnew, CHSC Program Director Bernita Hackney and CHSC Executive Director Linda Bonville. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
December 24, 2025

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Cape Henlopen Senior Center
11 Christian Street
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
United States

For the second year in a row, the Cape Henlopen Senior Center celebrated the holiday season by supporting those in need.

Through a program called Be a Blessing – Blessing Someone in Need During Christmas Season, members, the board of directors and staff donated items such as socks, gloves, hats, scarves, lotions, assorted toiletry items and gift certificates to thrift stores, laundromats and more. More than 100 gift bags were prepared and distributed Dec. 19.

Receiving organizations included Lutheran Church of Our Savior, Mount Pleasant Church Open Hands Soup and Clothing Ministry, Sussex Community Crisis House, St. Jude Church, Home of the Brave, Barbara K. Brooks Transition House and Casa San Francisco. Each person in each of these facilities received a gift bag.

Bernita Hackney, CHSC program director, started the program last year to help those who are less fortunate.

“It’s a great feeling to be able to be a blessing by blessing someone in need,” said Hackney.

 

The presents were flowing out into the hallways at the senior center.
The Cape Henlopen Senior Center is making sure those in need locally have a few presents under their Christmas tree.
CHSC Program Director Bernita Hackney’s office is full of presents.

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