Straightforward help, organized and delivered in person.

Who benefits, and what we provide today

Anyone who comes to a distribution may receive what is being given out that day. At the Thanksgiving giveaway, families leave with a turkey for their holiday meal. There is no application, income test, or registration. The giveaway is free.

This is the assistance Elevate currently provides. We have also completed one additional turkey distribution, in 2025, at a middle school in Powhatan County, Virginia.

How needs and projects are selected

We look for a worthwhile need we can meet in a concrete way: something we can purchase, stage, and put into a family’s hands. We take on a project when we can make a meaningful difference with the volunteers and resources we have, and when we can stand behind the result. We stay open to new kinds of assistance; we do not add a program to this page until it is actually running.

How projects are organized and delivered

A project has a date, a location, a clear offer, and a volunteer team. For the Thanksgiving giveaway, volunteers unload, hand turkeys to families in their cars, and keep the day moving. Families stay in their vehicles. We hand out turkeys until they are gone.

How we share results

We publish what was given out, year by year, on Our Impact.

How a successful project could expand

When a distribution works, we consider running it again, increasing its capacity, or offering the same kind of help in another community. That happens only when a local need, volunteers, a site, and funding are in place. The 2025 Virginia distribution is an example of work completed outside our original community; it is not a claim that we already operate in many places.