The 2014 Red Stocking fund is distributing applications beginning Oct. 24 at various locations around the Island. Red Stocking has provided clothing, food and toys for Vineyard children in need from birth through eighth grade since the 1930s.

Applications may be picked up at any elementary school, at most branches of Vineyard banks, the Boys and Girls Club, the YMCA, Wampanoag tribal headquarters, Martha’s Vineyard Insurance at its Vineyard Haven office, Department of Families and Children, Early Childhood offices at MV Community Services and at the Food Pantry. Applications are also available at the Health Care Access office in Oak Bluffs, where assistance for Portuguese-speaking families is available. Families are urged to apply early, preferably by Nov. 17 in order to receive a food voucher before Thanksgiving.

Red Stocking is now operating from the basement hall at St. Augustine Church on Franklin street in Vineyard Haven, as Father Michael Nagle and the Good Shepherd Parish welcomes the organization to its relatively new location. Gift wrapping is planned for Monday, Dec. 8, through Wednesday, Dec. 10, beginning at 9 a.m. Volunteer wrappers may call Patricia Carlet at 508-693-3187 to let her know when you are available. Distribution will be on Friday, Dec. 12, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

For more information, call Susie Wallo at 508-776-6050 or Leslie Frizzell at 508-523-1373. Contributions may be sent to Susan Wallo at P.O. Box 600, Edgartown, MA 02539.