Tri-City Empty Stocking Fund

03/30/2026

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Announcement from the Tri-City Empty Stocking Fund:

After much prayer and seeking God's will for this Easter season, we will not be having an Eastern Egg Hunt this year.

Instead, we encourage you and your family to spend some time daily to focus on what happened in Jesus' life and the sacrifice He made for you during Holy Week by reading the scripture for each day and doing the suggested activity from the information below.

We will be scheduling an event coming up soon so please watch for an announcement in the next few weeks.

May God bless you and your family throughout this Holy Week as you draw closer to Him while preparing your hearts for Resurrection Sunday!! He Is Risen!!! He Is Alive!!!

01/26/2026

12/25/2025

Lord, we join the angels in their song of worship over the birth of Jesus: Glory to God in the highest.

The heavens declared Your glory that night in Bethlehem, and we continue to lift our voices in praise for what You've done.

Teach us to worship You with the same abandon as the shepherds, dropping everything to come and see the Savior, bowing before the King.

You are worthy of all glory, all honor, all praise, and Christmas reminds us that the God who deserves our highest worship came to us in the lowest place.

Help us lift our voices in gratitude today, to join creation in celebrating the birth of the One who would redeem the world.

Remind us that glory to God in the highest isn't just a line from a carol but the posture of our hearts, giving You the honor You deserve.

Give us hearts that overflow with worship, not just today but every day, because the child born in Bethlehem is worthy of endless praise.

Let our lives echo the angels' song, glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men, as we celebrate Jesus, Emmanuel.

In Jesus name,

Amen.

12/22/2025

12/22/2025

All food boxes have made their way home! It’s been a busy season and we have finally had a moment to rest and catch our breath. We wanted to extend a sincere thank you to EVERYONE involved in this year’s Tri-City Empty Stocking Fund food box and gift distribution. It takes a village to get all of this done and we are so grateful for all of you who assisted. The Lord blessed us with hardworking volunteers, sunshine, and energy to tackle the day. Not only that, but He graciously provided everything needed in order to get the gifts ready and the food boxes filled, prepared, and into the hands of our community. It’s hard work, but it’s a blessing to see the faces of the families and children who are so excited. We love working alongside our volunteers who pour so much love into what they do. Thank you to those who drove hours from out town to lend a helping hand and also to our locals. We were excited to see familiar faces as well as new ones. Thank you to all who donated, raised funds, wrapped presents, helped with sign-ups, delivered, packed, loaded, unloaded, prayed with us and for us, and to all of you who helped us spread the word by sharing posts. Regardless of how big or small your contribution was, it mattered, it didn’t go unnoticed, and we are thankful. We managed to take a few pics in between working, so we hope you enjoy seeing what the Lord has done! Merry Christmas!

12/15/2025

🎄IF YOU DID NOT GET YOUR FOOD BOX ON SATURDAY 12/13:

You can come to the Heritage Surplus Store at 111 Union St. Cumberland (Clutts) on Tuesday 12/16 or Wednesday 12/17 between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm to pick it up. Please bring your ID and remember that we cannot give your box to someone who is not listed on your application.

Anyone who originally signed up for delivery, we will make another attempt to bring your food box to your home on the same days listed above.

We have a limited number of extra food boxes left, so if you did not sign up and need one, please call Linda at 606-733-0245 on Tuesday, Dec. 16th.

12/13/2025

Hey friends! We wanted to remind everyone that distribution day for food boxes and gifts is tomorrow, Saturday 12/13. At this point, NO CHANGES can be made to any applications. This means if you signed up, the information we have is what we go by for distribution. We cannot change your pickup location, we cannot change your box from delivery to pickup or vice versa, and we cannot add someone to your application to pick up for you if their name was not already submitted when you applied. Please read the following info for details:

❗️Pickup and delivery begin at 10:00 am and last until 3:00 pm.

❗️Each person who did not request delivery was assigned a pick up point when they applied for a food box. You were told what area to go to. If you go to a different area than the one you were instructed, they will NOT have your box and will NOT be able to give you someone else’s.

❗️You must have your photo ID. If someone else is picking up for you, their name MUST be on your application and they also need to bring their photo ID

❗️If you chose to have your box be delivered to your home, you MUST be home to receive it. We will not leave it at your door. If you have dogs PLEASE put your dogs in another area or somewhere safely away from our volunteers.

‼️ Please keep in mind it will be an extremely busy day and it will be difficult to monitor messages/comments/phone calls. Linda’s phone number is 606-733-0245. You may call and leave a message tomorrow 12/13 if needed. Linda will NOT be able to take calls while distribution is ongoing, but will check messages at the end of the day after we are finished.

We thank the Lord for providing for us so we can continue doing this and thank you to all who donated to help!

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12/06/2025

We wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who participated in our auction. The viewers and bidders, all the individuals and businesses that donated auction items, those who called in pledges and donations, all of our volunteers both in front of and behind the camera, the Tri-City Center on Main for allowing us a space to have our auction every year, Access Cable for setting us up so the auction could stream on cable, those who brought food and treats to feed our volunteers, and all of you who liked, commented, and shared our posts to help us get the word out. Thank you so much to every single one of you. The auction is a huge event with so many moving parts and we are so thankful for those who stepped up to help it run smoothly.

💗 Most importantly, we give glory to God who has faithfully made a way each and every year, even when obstacles arise. When one door closes, He graciously opens another. Without God’s provision and guidance the Tri-City Empty Stocking Fund could achieve nothing!

We will be making a post about some of our leftover auction items a little later. Be sure to keep an eye on our page if you want another chance at getting a few more things.

12/03/2025

EDITED TO ADD: Our auction has come to an end, however, we still have these tickets and will be posting soon to take further bids. If you are interested, please send us a message!

💙 UK FANS 💙
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We will be taking bids on 2 UK basketball tickets this evening at 6:00 pm when the auction goes live! Watch us here on Facebook (like and follow our page to receive a notification when we go live). You can also watch on Access television channel 98.1 or YouTube.com/

Ticket info:
2 tickets for Kentucky vs Missouri at Rupp Arena
January 7th, 2026 @ 7:00 pm
Section 223, Row O, Seats 29 & 30

💙 We are also auctioning off an autographed Trent Noah t-shirt that includes 4 passes to the Portal 31 Mine Tour in Lynch, KY!

All proceeds from the auction go toward food costs for providing 600 food boxes and many more gifts to families in need in our local community. We hope to hear from you all this evening. Thank you all for your support!

❗️Bids for any auction items cannot be taken over Facebook, YouTube, or through messages. All bids must be called in during auction hours.