Empty Stocking Fund

Here are donors to the Charlotte Observer’s Empty Stocking Fund

Toys fill shelves of the space used by the Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte for its angel tree program, supplemented by the Observer’s Empty Stocking Fund.
Toys fill shelves of the space used by the Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte for its angel tree program, supplemented by the Observer’s Empty Stocking Fund. mrodriguez@charlotteobserver.com

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Empty Stocking Fund

Charlotte Observer readers contribute to the fund, which helps with expenses for the Salvation Army’s angel tree program.

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The Charlotte Observer has sponsored the Empty Stocking Fund since about 1920. All of the money that people contribute goes to the Salvation Army’s Christmas Bureau, which buys toys, food, clothing and gift cards for families.

Here are the latest donors for this year’s campaign:

On behalf of, Amount

Allen and Sandra Childers, $50

Allison Moss, $50

Amy Fritsche, $500

Angela Rice, $250

Anonymous, $100

Anonymous, $100

Anonymous, $400, In memory of Luke Howard

Anonymous, $1,000

Anonymous, $25

Anonymous, $25

Anonymous, $200

Anthony Alves, $200

Barbara Jones, $15

Barry and Judith Brown, $100

Betty Metzler, $150

Bill and Carolyn Laudati, $250

Brent Keefer, $1,000

Carlos W. Harden, $100

Carol Williams, $100, In memory of my parents

Caroline Tate Noojin, $25, In memory of Sherril Capps

Carolyn Westall, $200

Cates Sales LTD, $500, In honor of Nolen Henderson

Catherine and Bill Reading, $50

Channing Kirkpatrick, $150, In memory of Jimmy Kirkpatrick, Anne G. Johnson, Elizabeth Sells, Alice Thompson, Sue Morrow and Helen Neubauer

Charles A. Taylor, III, $100

Charles and Ann Langley, $100

Charles B. Gordon III, $200

Charles Newton, $200

Cynthia and Michael Weddington, $100

David and Angie Gay, $500

David Dykeman, $100

Diane Wilkerson, $100, In memory of Dr. E. Randolph Wilkerson

Dixon McGuire, $200

Dr. Hillary Rogers and Mr. Michael Waters, $100

Ed and Brenda Perdue, $100, In memory of those we have lost and still love

Elizabeth Lunney, $100

Fred and Edith Dula, $100, In memory of Trent A. Carriker

Gary Schweizer, $50

Gregory Giblin, $500

Gregory Hammer, $100

Hayward and Nancy Morgan, $100

Hollis Marek, $71

Hubert Wilson, $100

Hugh Abrams, $100

J. Carter Drinkard, $100

James Frazier, $500

James Hobbs, $25

James Olsen, $150

Jane and Bradley Fisher, $5,000

Jeffrey and Gurpreet Berger, $50

Jerry and Elaine Hudson, $100

Jerry and Elizabeth Littlejohn, $50

Jerry and Sharon Jackson, $1,000

Jimmy and Marilyn Craig, $200

John and Andrea Bellis, $200

Joseph and Virginia Dulaney, $200

June Vasoll, $50

Karen McElmoyle, $250

Kathleen Nix, $1,000

Kathryn White, $200

Lance Strawn, $200

Lawrence and Holly Keating, $100

Lisa Burke, $250, In loving memory of my Mom, Marcia Koehler, who always supported the Empty Stocking Fund

Loyd and Sheila Simpson, $1,000

Lucile Jackson, $100

Lynn Tidwell, $75

Martha Tillman, $100

Martin Settle, $100

Mary Lynn and Tom Moser, $1,000

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Walker, $200

Nick Miller Family, $100, In memory of B. Marshall Beaty III

Patricia Walker, $25

Paul DAlbora, $100, From GiGi & Pops grandchildren — James, Beckett and Maddie

Ramona Havas, $100

Randie Kopf, $100

Rebecca Lee, $50, In honor of Mike Honeycutt and Mark Goode

Richard and Barbara Zisk, $50

Robert Francis, $200

Roy Michaux, Jr., $150, In memory of Frank Schrimsher

Sally and Russell Robinson, $500

Sandra and Claude Hamilton, $500

Sandra Kittelberger, $25

Shanteria Miller, $69

Sharon Nell, $150, In honor of Chuck Noe

Sindy and Tom McCrystle, $250

Steve and Shelley Nesbit, $100

Stuart Kilburn, $100

Susan and Charles Dalton, $100, In honor of Nancy Morgan, and in memory of Beverly Michaux

Tamara Dietzel, $50

The Charlton Foundation, $1,000

Thomas White, $250, In memory of my wife, Sue

Tom Shaver, $100

Today’s Total $24,830

YTD Total $142,582

How to donate

To donate online: EmptyStockingFundCLT.org. To donate by mail, send checks to: The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte, P.O. Box 31128, Charlotte, NC 28231. Make checks payable to The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte and write “Empty Stocking Fund” in the memo line.

Questions concerning your donation? Call 704-716-2769.

Adam Bell
The Charlotte Observer
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Empty Stocking Fund

Charlotte Observer readers contribute to the fund, which helps with expenses for the Salvation Army’s angel tree program.