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How to Help
Make a Financial Gift
With less than one-third of our budget funded through county reimbursements, Black Mountain Home depends upon charitable contributions to meet the needs of 170+ children each year, from newborns to college-age and beyond. We began the year with a goal of raising $4.3 million; however, after additional reductions in government funding, we need to raise $5.3 million in fiscal year 2026.
Whether you can give Solomon’s riches or a widow’s mite, every dollar helps make a difference in the lives of children. When you entrust us with your resources, we commit to being the best stewards possible. We will prayerfully use your gifts to further our mission of glorifying God by caring for children and families. We will NEVER rent, sell, or share your personal information with any other company or organization for any reason.
Donate Items from our Ministry Needs List on Amazon
You can see a list of items needed for our children, youth, and house parents on Amazon. These items can be purchased and shipped directly to our office, or similar items purchased can be shipped to BMH Ministry Needs, 80 Lake Eden Road, Black Mountain, NC 28711 from different stores. Donors will receive an acknowledgement and receipt for these donations. Click here to see the current needs list.
Collecting Items for Black Mountain Home
You can help by collecting items that we use in quantity, like sheets, towels, paper goods, pillows, socks, cleaning supplies, batteries, school/arts and crafts supplies, and toiletries. We accept a few gently used items, including furniture, vehicles, and tools. Items that we cannot use benefit our kids by being sold at our Mountain Home Thrift Store: Cheryl’s Place.
Include our kids in your will, trust, and/or estate plans.
Many donors find they can give more at end of life than earlier, when resources may be needed. While cash is certainly welcome, there are a number of other ways to donate. A planned gift can be made with almost anything– cash, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate, or other property such as artwork and royalties. It is also easy to simply name our ministry as the beneficiary of your life insurance, IRA, and other accounts.
HAZEL JOHNSON LEGACY SOCIETY At Black Mountain Home, anyone who includes the ministry in some form of planned giving, regardless of the amount, becomes a member of the Hazel Johnson Legacy Giving Society named in honor of the ministry’s very first donor.
When Hazel Johnson, only a child herself, heard about the efforts to care for orphaned children in the mountains of Western North Carolina, her heart was touched. She stepped forward in April 1904 to provide our founder, Dr. Smith, with the first donation for the ministry. It was 13 pennies she had saved. From that small gift, Black Mountain Home for Children, Youth & Families has grown into a thriving ministry providing care for children who have been removed from their homes due to neglect, abuse, abandonment, and other traumas.
Other Ways to Support Our Children
- PRAY – Remember the staff, children, volunteers, and supporters in your prayers.
- SHARE – Tell someone about Black Mountain Home for Children, Youth & Families.
- VISIT – If you or your group would like to tour our campus, click here for tour dates or call 828-686-3451.
- VOLUNTEER—We host groups and individuals throughout the year who take on a variety of tasks, from tutoring youth to mowing grass. If you’d like to explore options for serving, email us at [email protected].
- INVITE – To invite us to speak at your next meeting, event, or church service, email [email protected] or call our community relations team at 828-686-3451, ext. 107.
- READ – Sign up to receive our newsletter by emailing [email protected].
- PLANNED GIVING—Consider making a contribution to the future by including the Home in your will or other estate plans.
HELP CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!
Holidays are especially difficult for children in foster care. That’s why we make sure our youth have bountiful meals, fun activities, and gifts from their individual Christmas wish list! Making Christmas special for 150+ children takes a lot of planning and HELP from donors, businesses, and churches. In October, our staff helps each child make their special wish list with age-appropriate items they would love to find under the tree on Christmas morning. Then, we rely on generous donors to help fill each wish list.
Ways that You can help Make Christmas Special:
1. Sponsor Christmas for one or more children:
Make Christmas special for one or more children by donating $300 per child at BlackMountainHome.org/Donate. Christmas fund donations of ANY amount help provide meals, activities, and Christmas gifts to youth, from newborns to college-age. If any funds are left over, we use them for recreation, retreats, and special activities for our youth.
2. Donate gifts from our Christmas Wish-List on Amazon.
Items donated from our Amazon wish list will be shipped directly to our office. If you wish to purchase items on our list from other stores, you can deliver them in person or have them shipped directly to Black Mountain Home Christmas, 80 Lake Eden Rd., Black Mountain, NC 28711.
3. In-store shopping – Request a Child’s Wish List.
Please click this link to receive a wish list from one or more of our children. If you don’t have an email, call us at 828.686.3451, ext. 101, to give us your information by phone. Please plan to deliver your UNWRAPPED gifts to our office on or before the due date.
Thank YOU for helping make the holidays special for our children. We couldn’t do it without YOU!
