Charm City Angels

05/05/2021

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Jason McKay’s video as he was forcing himself to watch all the Star Wars movies in an effort to raise money for CCA fairly last minute in 2016 when our fundraising started late because I was sick for 10 days. He and I had never seen any of the Star Wars movies and had zero desire, I know I know calm down you diehards I’ve heard it all you won’t convince me lol, so he decided all on his own to use it as a way to raise money for CCA that year. 100% unprompted by me, he did it as a friend to me & to be of service to the kids. I believe he raised like $1200...it was a lifesaver that season for sure. Jason was also so helpful to CCA behind the scenes. He was ALWAYS available to run random errands Julie or myself needed done at the drop of a hat every December starting in 2013...maybe 2014.

I adored him. We spoke at length this past Pandemic Christmas and he was genuinely disappointed we weren’t going to conduct our usual CCA work. He had reached out to me Thanksgiving excited to be “put to work, give me whatcha’ got Ellen!”

Christmas 2019 we nearly gave each other heart attacks when a couple bikes he picked up for us at Target and dropped off at Joyce Stohlman’s house were actually dropped off at the wrong house and we didn’t figure it out until Christmas Eve. No. Literally Christmas EVE lol! I totally forgot to warn him Joyce’s address is IDENTICAL (leaving out the details so as not to blast her address on social media 😉) to a house a couple miles from her hence GPS will send him there potentially...when Julie called me freaking (ok Julie’s version of “freaking” anyway) because there were no bikes for her kids I called Jason who was at a family event yet treated this as an emergency and we talked and texted for the next hour or so until it was resolved. The bikes were picked up at the OTHER address. Shewww. Anyway he was BESIDE himself, so upset then when we figured it out and it got resolved in true Jason form he went straight to humor and he and I were hysterical. The jokes were not at all family friendly hence I can’t post here but it was great. That incident opened the door for about 93 jokes between us which we discussed during our Pandemic Christmas call as well. What a terrible loss for all who cared for him and most definitely for Charm City Angels.

RIP Jason.

Gofundme.com/starwarsgoodcause

12/25/2019

Thank you Jack Hoke for being the greatest Santa we could ever ask for at Charm City Angels.

And thank you Christine Fogle for getting such great shots!!

Many more to come!

12/25/2019

Here we go!! Off to deliver gifts.
Thanks for all the help everyone and Merry Christmas!

12/23/2019

ALL HANDS ON DECK!!
Thank you to Julie’s coworkers for wrapping gifts for the kids!

12/21/2019

Does anyone have a gently used bed for a 12 yr old that they could donate? We have a boy who is literally sleeping on the floor in a sleeping bag.
Bed just needs to be in decent shape, doesn’t have to be anything fancy.
Please let us know if you can help.
Thanks.

12/19/2019

Thank you to Lynnet for the awesome donations for our kids! We get lots of neighborhood kids who want a gift from Santa so these brand new toys will go to them.

We get A TON of neighborhood kids who come out when they see Santa so we need LOTS of small gift items. If you can donate any, please contact Ellen or Julie. Thanks 🙏🏼

12/05/2019

Hello Everyone!

So Charm City Angels is back on this year for Christmas 2019. Skipping one year has left me a bit rusty hence I’ve been a little slow to start but finding my rhythm over the last couple days. Thank God since these last two months have flown by at the speed of sound!

Some of you I have already approached in helping out this year I will reach out to more of you over these next couple weeks so get excited 😜! That’s how this whole thing got started back in 2003 at 1pm on Christmas Eve (for those who don’t know the story and want to know please contact me anytime). Bottom line I’m a Jew with nothing else better to do on Christmas who’s good at asking folks to part with their money and/or time or both. 😉🇮🇱❤️

Per usual Julie and I will be posting both here on CCA’s page as well as our personal FB pages with what is needed, wanted etc..

In the meantime goodnight to those reading this now and have a great day to those reading in the am!

Thanks!!
Ellen

01/01/2019

12/14/2018

Ellen and I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season.

As some may know, my sister died unexpectedly a few days after thanksgiving. I haven’t been able to focus on much since then so we decided to take this year off from Charm City Angels. It wasn’t an easy decision and we are so sorry we aren’t able to help families in need this year but we will be back in 2019 bigger and better than ever.

Thank you to all of our many supporters and volunteers who make CCA possible.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 🎊🎈🎆

09/07/2018

A very happy birthday to our very own Santa Jack Hoke 🎅 🎄
Thank you for all you do to make Christmas special for our kids. We love you and can’t imagine spending a Christmas without you (meaning you can never leave us...EVER!)
Happy Birthday!! 🎊🎈🎁🎉🎂