After The Deadline – What Happens Next

As we rapidly approach the deadline for application submissions for the 2025 holiday season (REMINDER: If you have not submitted your application, the deadline is Monday, November 10th), we typically start to hear from folks that have submitted applications with some logical questions –

• “Has my application been approved?”
• “When will I receive notification regarding my application?”
• “When will I be able to receive my assistance?”

In order to try and address these questions ahead of time and save on all of the emails, here is a bit of insight as to what happens at the Salem Christmas Fund each year after the deadline…

Our team will first spend some time reviewing all of the applications received. One of the reasons we have frequently communicated the importance of sending documentation corroborating both residency in Salem, NH and receipt of services you noted in your application is that having this documentation greatly improves the time spent determining which applications are accepted, as well as helping us with the process of distributing financial assistance.

Our board will meet in November to finalize all of what is needed to then be able to communicate out to all of the approved recipients. Due to all of the logistics involved that cannot be determined ahead of time, there is typically a brief period to ensure that the communication we send out has everything you will need for distribution day (day and time of pickup of funds, location, what you will need to bring, etc).

The bottom line in all of this – you will be receiving information in the coming days. Those communications will provide you with the answers to the questions you have. Please bear with us, as there is a process to all of this that is there to make for the best experience that we at the Salem Christmas Fund can provide.

THANK YOU!