Give-A-Christmas fund breaks through $10,000 mark
GOAL: $50,000
CURRENT TOTAL: $10,112.18
Herald-Standard readers donated $705 more to the Give-A-Christmas campaign, raising the current total to $10,112.18.
“That’s great,” said Sparkle, the Christmas star, who is mascot for the campaign. “But remember that we want to raise $50,000 for the Salvation Army to help people in your neighborhoods and we only have two more weeks to reach that goal.”
The latest donations came from Brownsville, Adah, Hopwood, Uniontown, Hiller, East Millsboro, Gibbon Glade and Smithfield.
Sparkle received some nice notes:
“Hope you reach your goal. God bless all of you,” wrote Virginia Allman and family of Uniontown.
“Merry Christmas,” came in two separate notes written by Bandit and Friends on Morris Buncic Road in Smithfield as well as Sam and Patty Franks of Uniontown.
“Thank you so much for the kind words. They warm my heart and give me hope that we will reach our goal,” said Sparkle. “If any of you are considering making a donation, please do so now. We really want to help the Salvation Army take care of people in your neighborhoods and we don’t have much time.”
Donations to the campaign will be accepted until noon on Dec. 23 with the grand total announced in the Christmas Eve edition of the Herald-Standard.
Readers can contribute by making online donations to the campaign at salvationarmywpa.org/GiveAChristmas, mail contributions to Give-A-Christmas, c/o Herald-Standard, 8-18 E. Church St., Uniontown, PA 15401 or bring them to the Herald-Standard office in Uniontown from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Sparkle cans also have been placed in numerous store locations in the Herald-Standard distribution area.
Today’s other donors include Barbara Ann Cavalcante, in memory of parents Mike Sr. and Barbara L. and brothers George, James and Mike Jr. Cavalcante, Brownsville; Louise Manchas, in memory of husband Joseph R. Manchas, Adah; Lois Podvia, in memory of Wayne, Hopwood; United Methodist Women of Evans Manor Community United Methodist Church, Uniontown; Dave and Cherie Pursglove, in honor of grandchildren Landon and Harper Crable, Hiller; Alice Mitchell, East Millsboro; Virginia Mihaliak and Diane Cavinee, Don, Uniontown; Scott and Diane Cavinee, Uniontown; Traci Hixon, in honor of niece Olivia Goudy and nephews Gage and Wade Brugger, Gibbon Glade; First United Methodist Church, in memory of all our past members, Brownsville.