Isle of Wight Christian Outreach Program

05/27/2026

Thank you Kirby, for bringing us this wonderful donation from the kind folks at Faith Lutheran in Suffolk! We appreciate you 🥰

05/27/2026

Forgive the delay in posting, but this is a photo of a large food donation collected by our own Smithfield US Postal office. Thank you all so much for your efforts on our behalf!

05/04/2026

The fine ladies from Delta Sigma Theta Sorority (pictured with diaper program lead, Margaret Ledford) came through once again for us with over 1000 baby and adult diapers! Thank you so very much!! 😍

03/25/2026

DID YOU KNOW....

80% of a child’s brain development occurs within the first 1000 days of life.

The single most significant factor influencing a child’s early educational success is an introduction to books and being read to at home PRIOR to beginning school.

One in three kindergarteners in Virginia fell below the benchmark of foundational literacy skills last year.

ALL registered children, birth through age 4, who reside in the county can receive a FREE age-appropriate book EACH MONTH by mail through the Isle of Wight Dolly Parton Imagination Library program! Sign up online or print a form for mailing by using the QR code or website on the flyer below.

The Isle of Wight program is funded by the State of Virginia (50%) and through local fundraising support (50%). Please consider becoming an Isle of Wight Imagination Library literacy partner to empower our local children with the lifelong gift of literacy by donating one-time or monthly using the website on the flyer below and designating "Isle of Wight Program".

Thank you!
Beth Butner, Coordinator
Food For Thought literacy @ COP

02/23/2026

We want to give a HUGE thanks to the Enterprise Mobility Foundation for donating $10,250 to Isle of Wight Christian Outreach. This grant will help support our programs with the purchase of food, diapers, children's books, home repair supplies, and covering costs involved with dental and emergency assistance.

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01/25/2026

FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR VOLUNTEERES, COP WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY DUE TO SLICK AND SLOPING PARKING LOT!

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01/14/2026

A big thank you to Linda, Jennifer, Valerie, Kim, Betty and the ladies from the "second shift," not pictured, for helping unpack and sort 50 boxes of donated food items! 😍

12/24/2025

We want to officially thank the Suffolk Foundation for a generous grant in the amount of $7,800 presented to us this month, to be utilized by all of our programs in the coming months for purchases such as food, diapers, home repair supplies, children's books and more! 😍

12/19/2025

Thank you to Kristin Wilda and all of her sweet, sweet elves for dropping of a generous donation of non-perishibles!! Merry, Merry Christmas!

12/19/2025

Kirstin Cook is pictured with Isle of Wight Academy fourth graders December 16 as she picked up over 750 books they collected for COP's Food For Thought Literacy Initiative.

Fourth grade teacher Shannon Spain, who coordinated the drive which the students enthusiastically supported, said they had been discussing Caring and Kindness and "the Food For Thought program was the perfect way for us to put our words to action. The program is such a blessing to families in Isle of Wight County, and we were happy to have a small part in helping."

They also are making a donation to the DeGood Foundation with the money marked for the Isle of Wight Dolly Parton Imagination Library.

Food For Thought is very appreciative of this generosity which will go to enhance children's home libraries making daily reading more accessible and empowering children's futures through literacy!