Touched by a teenager's wish for a renovated bedroom, eighth-graders at St. Joseph of Cupertino School are pooling allowances, babysitting money and cash earned from other chores to help the young girl with Tourette's syndrome have a brighter future.

At the other end of the school, kindergarteners have chosen a YMCA child care center to benefit from donations they earn by cleaning their rooms and helping around the house.

For the third consecutive year, students at St. Joseph's are raising money to make contributions to the Holiday Wish Book. Each class in the K-8 school has selected one ``wish'' they'd like to help come true.

``We ask that the children earn the money they donate,'' Principal Mary Lyons said. ``That allows them to really understand the meaning of giving, of offering something of themselves.''

Students will present their donations at an Advent program Thursday in the St. Joseph of Cupertino parish hall.

For 19 years, Mercury News readers have been learning about community needs through the Wish Book. Many, like the young people at St. Joseph, choose to take the next step and make the holidays brighter by sending in a contribution toward helping their neighbors.

Some readers dedicate their donations in honor or memory of others. Following is a partial list of donors; look for more names throughout the holiday season.

Marianne Ambrosini; Kristen Andrews; Tracey Baker; Mr. and Mrs. Steve Barber; Mary V. Barmettler; Jim and Marlee Benefiel; Elizabeth Blair; Cherry Brewster; Linda Brown; Vilma Buck; Richard Bush; Tom, Avril and Kevin Calderwood; Larry Casserly; Jai-Jen Chang; Larry and Kim Cherniss; Marcelene Cleveland; Andy, Liz and Ryan Coe; Deb Colden and Gary, Syd and Jacob Marker, in honor of Madison, Margy, Chris and Jackie; Nancy Coleman; Kathy Cooley; Lois Cornell;

Sandra DiGiulio; Robert Espina; Linda Farrier; Marla Fernandez; Steven Finegan; Jonathan Fitch; Jennifer Forcier; Jezelle Foster; Dan and Jen Fraisl; Mr. and Mrs. Hans Friedmann; Paul and Chris Furling; Anne Geiger; Terri Gessell; Tim Giddings; Monika Gorkani; Paula Gregory; Steve Hanson; Maria Haroon, in honor of Justin; Steven Hartman; Peggy and Fred Heiman; David Henry; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hernandez; Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hobson; Jane Hrynkow; Francie Hsu; Cynthia and Kyilo Hulton; Kuo-Hsing Hwang;

Cynthia Imboden; Joanna Jaeger; Larry and Barbara James; Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Jensen; the Johnson/Sprague family; Steve and Eleonore Johnson; William LaVallee; Linda Ledwith; Susan Leiby; David Lemar; the Lemon family; Jerusha Hew Len; Deveda and Ernest Littauer, in honor of Beth McDonough; Dixie Love; Mario Lowe;

John MacKay; Theresa McManus; Martha McNulty; Jim Miller; Mr. and Mrs. John Moore; Daniel Mootz; Donna Mootz; Gail and Anthony Mosse; Paul and Carolyn Newburn; Evelyne Nguyen; Oanh Nguyen; Uyen Amy Nguyen; Jean and Bill Nix; Mr. and Mrs. Garth Nobis; Karen Ota; Joan Pariani; Elizabeth Pellegrino, in honor of Vic and Norma Borelli; Leah Pels; Linda Pelton-Weinstein; Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Placer; Ray Plante; Vickie Quenelle; Mai Raack; Robert Riccomini; Leigh Ringgold; Mr. and Mrs. M.H. Robbins; Rochelle Rubenstein; Mr. and Mrs. John Rugo;

Manoj Samel; Judy Sapper; Becky Schmitt; Michael A. Shea; Ann Simpson; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Spielvogel; Gregory Staszko; Debra Steele; Ted Stevens; Jill Stevenson; Yi-Ling Su; Rochelle Thompson; Harpreet Toor; Greg and Cath Trindle; Diane Trombetta, in honor of Marge Trombetta; Teresa Truttmann; Charles and Judith Tucker; Carol Uyeda; Gail Vaughn; Merle and Ina Vaughn; Jeroen and Fransien van den Berg-Fonderie; Patti Vanderberg;

Cynthia Wagner; Paula Wallace, in honor of Paige; Sophie Weinzimmer; the Weldon family; Barbara Valdez and Ron Bennett, in honor of Betty, Frank and Nick; Carl Van Wey; Ida Wheye; the Williams family; Matthew Willis; Diane Wilson, in honor of Mary Wilson; Robert Wilson; Flora Wong; Mr. and Mrs. William Worthington; Taming Wu; Thomas Yan; Ron Yoshida; Ben Yousefi; the Zlotoff Boys, in honor of Anita Goldwasser.