Every year, Draper Media works to make the holiday season brighter for Delmarva's less fortunate children with the Bless Our Children campaign.
For more than a decade, Draper Media has teamed up with local businesses and members of the community to raise money to buy Christmas presents for needy children in our area. The money raised for Bless Our Children is distributed to charitable groups across the peninsula. These charities then buy gifts for children they know are in need, making sure they have a present to open on Christmas. For the 2023 holiday season, the Bless Our Children campaign raised $338,147.
Donations can be made each holiday season in one of two ways:
- Send a check or money order to Bless Our Children, c/o Draper Media, 1729 N. Salisbury Blvd., Salisbury, MD 21801.
- Donate online.
We also asked businesses, groups and organizations to help Bless Our Children by accepting the Schell Brothers Bless Our Children Challenge by making a $1,000 donation. We appreciate all of those that stepped up to the challenge! As our thank you, we listed donors on the Schell Brothers Honor Roll on TV and online in order of amount given in increments of $1,000. The following are 2023 Schell Brothers Honor Roll members:
- Friends and family of Captain Bob's Oyster Roast
- Atlantic Community Thrift Shop
- Officers & Members of Ocean City Elks Lodge 2645
- Clark & Sons Garage Doors
- Boggs-Disharoon Post 123
- Evans Builders
- Eastern Shore Corvette Club
- General Refrigeration Company
- Caliber Collision
- Carolyn D. Lehman Johnson
- Wright Locations
- SeaBoard Billboard Boat
- Wicomico County Public Schools
- Right Way Flagging and Sign
- Delmar VFW Post 8276
- Tony Tank Tribe 6972
- Pocomoke Elks 1624
- In memory of Stacy Dorsch
- Salisbury Elks Lodge
- Schagrin Gas and Home Comfort Products
- Unfinished Business
- Cape Henlopen Elks 2540
- Bunting & Murray Construction
- Midway Par 3
- Parkway Church of God
- Lewes-Rehoboth Rotary Club
- Peninsula Imaging
- A.S.A.P. Services Pumping and Disposal
- Johnny Janosik
- Bob Willey & Sons
- Classic Cakes
- Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Foundation
- Tuckahoe Underground
- Ocean City-Berlin Optimist Club
- ABC Refrigeration
- Edward Jones Office of Melinda Tingle
- J. Stacey Hart & Associates
- Goldsborough Family Foundation
- Wheels That Heal Car Club
- Freddie Holland
- Allen Chorman & Son
- Ramco Solutions
- In memory of Shirley Dougherty
- David & Louise
- FH Furr Plumbing, HVAC, Electrical
- Delaware Mobile Surf Fishermen
- Pepsi Bottling Ventures
- Collins Wharf Sod
- Pools, Pavers, & More
- Terra Firma of Delmarva
- Eastern Shore Auctions by Willie Benton
- Apgar Turf Farm
- Jefferson Urian Doane & Sterner, PA
- King Crop Insurance
- Historical Vintage Car Club of DE
- Murrays Residential Services
- Arcon Training Center
- Towers Concrete Products
- Mid Atlantic Transport
- Officers & Members of American Legion Nanticoke Squadron 6
- In memory of Maurice and Pearl Jordan
- G & S Heating & Air
- Dagsboro Paint & Wallpaper
- MGSafer Services
- State Orphans Board Great Council of Delaware
- Mt. Zion Holiness Church
- Burris Logistics
- O'Neals Millswright and Services
- Iron Order Motorcycle Club
- Garden Bears Landscaping
- In honor of Billo Hickman
- Shore Fun Tractor Pullers
- Moose Lodge 646
- Women of Faith Zion Church Salisbury
- In loving memory of John Angelis
- Wicomico Lodge 91
- Holly Lake Campsite
- Carey Insurance Group
- Ashley Fence
- St. Marks UMC-Easton
- Lynda's Tax & Bookkeeping Services
- Delmarva Art Expo & Wool and Fiber Expo
- Thomas E. Melvin & Son Funeral Home
- Johnson's Seed and Feed
- Mike Singleton & Sons Pest Control
- Powellville UMC
- Queen City Elk Lodge 1051
- Punkin Chunkin Association
- Contractors for a Cause Foundation
- Hugh H. Hickman and Sons
- Quota International of Salisbury
- Idlewild Ruritan Club
- Shore United Bank
- Allen Lions Club
- Paradise Plumbing
- Collins Mechanical in memory of Sam Ellers III
- Coastal Maintenance
- Richard Y. Johnson and Son General Contractor
- CJ's Beach Bays
- The Carroll Family
- Murray Sod Farm
- Daisey's Well Drilling
- Members of the Willards Lions Club
- The R.D. Grier and Sons
- Bennetts Lawn Service
- Accurate Termite and Pest Control
- Coastal Towing
- Odd Fellows Lodge 3
- Slaughter Septic Services
- American Legion Post 64
- Delmarva Two-way Radio
- Filmore Day Real Estate Services
- Hickman Beach Plaza
- In memory of Jack Spencer
- Magee Spencer
- Bethel Community Church
- Preston R. Smith Plumbing and Heating
- Red Knights MD3 Motorcycle Club
- Joan W. Jenkins Foundation
- B&R Auto Parts
- Jolly Roger Amusement Parks
- Brothers of Dorchester Elks Lodge 223
- A.E. Moore Janitorial
- American Legion Synepuxent Post 166
- Gary and Cheryl Layfield and boys
- Missionary Baptist Church
- Wicomico Day School
- Salisbury Moose Lodge
- Mike and Nancy West
- Gloria Nock
- Selbyville Elks Lodge 2173
- Eastern Shore Region Antique Car Club
- Corrado Construction
- K&T Utilities
- American Veterans Thrift Store
- Gingerbread Farms
- In memory of Richard and Helen Webb
- Rich and Karen Gaulin
- Olde Tymers Softball League
- Residents of Mariner's Cove
- In memory of Lily Patrick Feinsetein
- The Human Fund
- Binsted Construction
- Curtis Mercer Remodeling
- Physicians at Bayhealth Kent and Sussex Campuses
- East Sussex Moose Lodge 2542
- Road Wolves Motorcycle Club
- Don and Stephanie McEntaffer
- Sons of the American Legion 123
- Frankford Presbyterian Church Thrift Shop
- Shaka Shack Restaurant
- Delaware Good Sam Camping Club
- Bridgeville Lions Foundation
- Donna Dorman Adams
- Dr. and Mrs. Chris Conyers
- In memory of Samuel S. Henry Jr. - Greater Berlin Minority
- Preston Growmark FS
- American Legion Post 94
- Southern Delaware Golf Club
- Harborside Bar and Grill
- In memory of Gary Parks
- Maddox Bros. Trucking
- Coast, LLC in memory of Ken Prettyman
- Accutrench Contracting
- Employees of Hebron Savings Bank
- Earl Johnson Painting
- Laurel American Legion Post 19
- In loving memory of John B. Pitman
- Ancient Order of Hibernians, Emerald Isle Division 1
- American Legion Auxiliary Synepuxent Unit 166
- In memory of Granville and Joanne Trimper
- Whitehall Neck Sportsman Club
- Scott's Cove Marina
- Safari Services
- Premier Glass and Screen
- Southern Delaware Street Rod Association
- American Legion Post 237
- Scott and Natasha Smith
- Jerry's, Inc.
- Delaware Electric Cooperative
- Taylor and Messick
- Mt. Enon Baptist Church
The Bless Our Children campaign is administered by Draper Holdings Charitable Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

