The Herald-Dispatch is making a list of organizations planning holiday-related charity fundraisers. Send your holiday charity information to news@herald-dispatch.com or fax to 304-526-2857.

Here is a list of organizations currently planning holiday-related charity fundraisers:

FEED THE CHILDREN/O.J. MAYO: Hams and turkeys will be given away at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at the A.D. Lewis Community Center in Huntington.

Area residents will have the option of taking home a ham or a turkey at the event, sponsored by Feed the Children and O.J. Mayo -- the former Huntington High School basketball star who currently plays for the Memphis Grizzlies.

Alisha Mayo, O.J. Mayo's mother, will be back in Huntington for the giveaway to represent her son. She said residents will be given one of 500 turkeys or 500 hams on a first come, first serve basis.

Food will be given out beginning at 9 a.m. until supplies run out.

ASHLAND FAIRFIELD INN by MARRIOTT: The Ashland Fairfield Inn by Marriott is offering free rooms on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Eve as part of the Room in the Inn program. This program offers hotel rooms at no cost to guests coming to visit loved ones in area hospitals, nursing homes and treatment centers on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Eve.

Tharaldson Lodging Company, which operates the Ashland Fairfield Inn by Marriott, began the tradition of the Room in the Inn program in 1988.

GIRL SCOUT TROOP 960: Girl Scout Troop 960 is putting their best hands and feet forward to help the community. Members and volunteers are collecting gloves and socks to be distributed to community shelters to help the less fortunate. Organizer Brandi Wise would like to collect donations the first week of December. Anyone who would like to help out the troop in this community service project should contact Wise at girlscouts960@yahoo.com.

HUNTINGTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CRIDLIN FOOD AND CLOTHING PANTRY: The Huntington Symphony Orchestra and Cridlin Food and Clothing Pantry are kicking off their annual food drive.

In association with the symphony's "Holiday Spectacular" concert on Saturday, Dec. 19, the orchestra is asking the Tri-State to support the community with donations of canned food items. All canned food items should be dropped off at the Huntington Symphony Orchestra office at 763 3rd Ave., Huntington. Anyone who drops off a canned food item will receive a $5 discount on tickets for the Holiday Spectacular concert. Canned food items must be received at the HSO administration offices by Tuesday, Dec. 15, to receive discount.

More information is available by calling 304-781-8343.

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF THE TRI-STATE: The Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Tri-State are asking for help. On Sunday, Dec. 6, the organization wants to "Light the House that Love Built."

Area residents are invited to sponsor the "Light the House that Love Built" event by donating an amount per light or a gift of their choice. The gift of lights is intended to brighten the holiday season for children and their families who are away from home.

Donations may be made: $1 for one bulb; $20 for a family's one-night stay; $50 for a string of bulbs; $140 for a family's seven-night stay.

Donations may be mailed to Ronald McDonald House, 1500 17th St., Huntington, WV 25701. Information should include the donor's name, address, per light donation or flat donation, and approximate number of lights to be donated.

A holiday open house will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. Ronald McDonald will light the house at 5:30 p.m.

SALVATION ARMY: More than 1,400 young people and 800 families need help from the Huntington Salvation Army this year. An estimated 1,450 boys and girls from the area need a new coat or toy.

The Salvation Army Angel Trees will be in many of the local department stores and businesses, but the local Salvation Army is also looking for a few more Good Samaritans to place a tree in their businesses or offices.

Each Angel has a boy's or girl's name with clothing sizes, ages and a special toy they want for Christmas. The Salvation Army's numbers jumped about 15 percent over last year.

Anyone interested in helping should call the office at 304-529-2401.

The Salvation Army also needs clubs and organizations to volunteer at Red Kettle sites to ring bells for donations this holiday season.

The Salvation Army and JCPenney also have joined forces to offer online Angel adoptions at http://angel.jcpenney.com.

The Salvation Army Angel Giving Tree online program presented by JCPenney is a national, online program that allows people from across the country to provide children and seniors in need with holiday gifts.

The process for adopting an Angel is very simple. Visit jcp.com/angel to be guided through a short online Angel selection process. After choosing an Angel online, you will receive an e-mail with all of the necessary details to help your Angel. Instructions will include the list of needs and wants of the Angel as well as information regarding where to ship or deliver your gifts to local Salvation Army destinations.

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE: The Huntington Young Professionals Committee is collecting toys for Toys for Tots. Anyone interested in donating toys may e-mail Elizabeth Ayers at Elizabeth.A.Ayers@wv.gov.

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