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:

Alan McDonald, $10

Alice MacKay, $300, In honor of Robin and Chuck Coira

Anonymous, $50

Anonymous, $50

Anonymous, $200

Ashley Edwards, $50

Betty and Charles Beard, $500

Blakely Irving, $100

Bradley Reavis, $500

Brenda Smith, $50, In memory of Jack and Ann Sink

Bruce LaRowe, $100

Bruce Moor, $30

Carolyn Killingsworth, $100

Carolyn Ruppenthal, $100, In memory of Steven and Clara

Central High School Class of 1952, $420, In memory of Bill Calant

Charles P. McKay, $100

Cynthia Kachline, $50, In loving memory of my husband, Craig

David and Mary Peterson, $100

David Henderson, $100

Deborah Abels, $100

Debra L. Gray, $100, In memory of my parents

Ed and Roberta Bograd, $50

Edward Chaconas, $50

Elizabeth Evers, $250

Elizabeth Parham, $500

Eric Deitchman, $26

Francis and Charlotte Hammond, $100, In memory of Samantha Hammond, Love Grandmam and Popop

Georgette Jones, $150

Glenda Stephens, $200, In memory of Lee and Lyn Bond

Gordon and Charlotte Alford, $100

Inta Lidz, $150

Jack and Janet Eve, $50

Jackson Ford and Owen Ford, $100, In loving memory of Trevor Ford by his loving sons

James and Mary Kilroy, $100

James Flowers, $200

Jane Anderson, $100

Jane Campbell, $25

Janice and Hap Pearce, $250, In honor of our grandchildren

Jarian Collins, $300

John and Nancy Dickson, $250, In memory of Joanne and Cecelia

John Tuchscherer, $250

Judith C Walker, $100

Karen Jacobson, $40

Kathleen Kreshon, $100

Kathleen Pristash, $150

Kathleen Thompson, $100

Kathryn Yeager, $100, In loving memory of my dad, Robert Dobbins

Katie Iams, $40

Ken and Bonnie Dowd, $50

Kenneth Glover, $100

Kim Wiles, $40

Kris and Jon Hinson, $100

Laura and Jay Hendler, $100, In memory of Grant, Jennifer & Patrick; Ben, Sondra & Norman

Leecy Johnson, $25

Lila L. Brown, $50

Linda Joyce, $100

Linda M. Fox, $100, In loving memory of my parents, John and Diane Fox

Lucian Daniels, $50

Mark and Susan Fox, $25, In honor of our families

Marna Polhill, $100

Marshall Van Loon, $50

Mary Cudd, $1,000

Mary Ellen Porter, $25

Mary Griffin, $250

Mary Harrington, $50

Melinda King, $50

Meredith Lewis and Carole Lewis, $200

Michael Gerken, $50

Naia Ward, $200

Nancy Wilkerson, $100 In memory of Bud Wilkerson

Patricia Dries, $500

Paula and Dalt Ruffin, $250

Phil and Peggy Adams, $100

Raleigh and Kathryn Shoemaker, $250

Robert and Cheryl Foote, $50

Shannon Colberg, $50

steven lehmann, $50

Sue and Charlie Farrell, $300, In honor of our grandchildren, Will, Sophia, Poppy , Owen, Finn and Violet

Susan Evins, $200

Susan Tremont, $50

The Stubblefield Foundation, $1,000, In honor of Ernest and Mary Alice

The Stubblefield Foundation, $1,000, In honor of Stubby and Patsy

The Stubblefield Foundation, $3,000, In honor of Nancy

Thomas Ponsonby, $50

Tom Maddox, $50

Tony and Victoria Kiziah, $100, In memory of David Kiziah

William and Gale Atkins, $200

Today’s Total $16,956

YTD Total $182,187.99

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.