Fundraisers Archives - 501 Pharmacy

Help Us Create a Community Without Hunger

December 12, 2019 By Han Su

We are accepting donations for Chatham Outreach Alliance (CORA) this December 2019.

Donate Food

50% of the food CORA distributes to hungry families is donated! This source of food is VERY IMPORTANT to them. To make sure your donation of food does the most good, keep the following guidelines in mind.

CORA accepts donations of shelf-stable foods — canned fruit/vegetables, boxed cereals, rice, pasta, baking mix and shelf-stable specialty items (drink mix, coffee, tea, pancake mix, condiments, herbs and spices, ethnic foods, other pantry staples, etc.). They also accept paper products – especially bathroom tissue and paper towels – and some personal hygiene items like toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, soap, disposable razors, etc. For a list of the items that are most needed and the items that we usually have stocked, click here.

Make your donation at 501 Pharmacy today!

About CORA

In July 1989, Chatham Outreach Alliance (CORA) provided food to its first clients, a family of six, two adults and four children. Thirty years later, they now distribute more than 1 million meals to families across Chatham County.

CORA is a not-for-profit food pantry that serves residents in need of food within Chatham County, North Carolina. Their ultimate goal at CORA is to end hunger in our community by soliciting, collecting, and purchasing food for distribution through their food pantry and a network of alliances, programs, and special events. Learn more at CORAFoodPantry.org.

You can drop off at 501 Pharmacy Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Now Accepting Toys for Toys for Tots

November 15, 2019 By Han Su

501 Pharmacy is excited to be a toy drop off site for Toys for Tots again this year! Bring the joy of Christmas to less fortunate children by donating a toy next time you are at the pharmacy. Help us to fill this box up several times like we did last year. All of the toys you donate go to children in Chatham County.

About Toys for Tots

The basic mission of the Marine Toys for Tots Program is to collect new unwrapped toys and distribute those toys to less fortunate children at Christmas. Presently, the Marine Toys for Tots Program distributes an average of 18 million toys to seven million less fortunate children annually.

We look forward to seeing you with your unwrapped toy or toys soon!

Check Out Han’s Scruff While You Drop off a Book

November 12, 2019 By Han Su

Han’s having some fun participating in No Shave November! Check out his scruff in the photo below and stop in to see it for yourself. While you are here, bring a new or gently used book to donate to the Chatham Reads and Chatham Education Foundation. This is our second year being a drop location and we are so excited!

Give the Gift of Reading

Every year, Chatham Reads and Chatham Education Foundation hold a holiday book drive of new and gently used books to distribute to children in Chatham County.

The Chatham Education Foundation STRENGTHENS communities in Chatham County, NC by partnering with community residents, businesses, and foundations to improve education OPPORTUNITIES for public school students. Learn more about how you can get involved at ChathamEducationFoundation.org.

Mission Trip Fundraiser

March 13, 2019 By Han Su

Han Su’s wife Kristy Su (Nurse Practitioner at Carolina Convenient Care) and their daughter, Abigail Su, are raising money to go on a mission trip this summer to Costa Rica. They will be working in the community and helping children and families in need with their church, Cornerstone Presbyterian.

One of the things they are doing to raise money is selling unique bracelets that were made in the Philippines. The bracelets are two dollars a piece. One dollar will go directly to their mission trip and the other dollar will go to help children in the Philippines.

If you would like to purchase one or a few, stop by Carolina Convenient Care or 501 Pharmacy. If you would just like to partner and support them without buying a bracelet, that is completely welcome, too.

Thank you, for your time and support!

Give Thanks by Giving Back at 501 Pharmacy

November 16, 2018 By Han Su

501 Pharmacy is making it easy for you to give to your favorite charities during the holiday season. We are a drop-off spot for Toys for Tots, Briar Chapel PORCH, ReRUN, Lions for Sight, and Chatham Education Foundation. Keep reading for information on how to donate to these great causes.

Toys for Tots

Thank you so much to everyone who has already brought in a toy for Toys for Tots! We have already had to have our box picked up once and it is filling up again!

If you haven’t donated, please consider bringing in a toy next time you are at the pharmacy. All of the toys go to less fortunate children in Chatham County.

Briar Chapel PORCH

We are collecting food donations for Briar Chapel PORCH – a grassroots hunger relief organization. Donations go to the Chatham OutReach Alliance (CORA) food pantry and our local schools.

The ReRUN Shoe Project

Han’s wife, Kristy, (and our neighbor at Carolina Convenient Care) and his daughter, Abby, are collecting gently used shoes to be able to go on their church mission trip next summer to Costa Rica.

The shoes go to ReRUN, an organization that collects gently used running shoes and then distributes them to those in need.

Lions for Sight

Since Lions Clubs International was founded in 1917, Lions have worked on projects designed to prevent blindness, restore eyesight and improve eye health and eye care for hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

We are collecting unused glasses. Please consider donating to this awesome cause.

Chatham Reads and Chatham Education Foundation

Chatham Reads and Chatham Education Foundation are holding a holiday book drive of new and gently used books to distribute to children in Chatham County. Please drop your books off at 501 Pharmacy before December 17, 2018.