Published Sunday, November 30, 2003,
in the San Jose Mercury News
‘Season’
for giving begins with a flood of donations
we're one week into Wish Book ``season'' at the Mercury News.
Here's how you can tell:
- Stacks of envelopes bearing donations started landing at our
front counter first thing Monday morning, the day after the 2003
Holiday Wish Book was published.
- The Wish Book Web site has been humming all week with readers
filling up virtual ``shopping carts'' with items for neighbors
in need.
- The phone rings all day with readers calling to offer their
time to help others.
Even in this lousy economy, the Holiday Wish Book is working its
magic on our community.
This is the 21st year that Mercury News readers have been learning
about local needs through the Holiday Wish Book. Many take the next
step and make the holidays brighter by sending in a tax-deductible
contribution toward helping their neighbors.
Some readers dedicate their donations in honor or memory of others,
while others choose to give anonymously. Following is a partial
list of this year's donors. Look for more names next Sunday.
Anna Alldridge, in honor of her parents; John Benson, in memory
of Buster; Kevin Bracken; Susan Burbank; Mr. and Mrs. Alan Cade;
Marilyn Canty; Don and Judy Carter; Mike Cassidy; the Ceppos family;
Wenli Chang; Jen Chikowski, in memory of Callie; Marek Cichanski;
Che-Chyl Cortes;
Pam Flower; Kelly Gayer; Gail Griffith; Krishna Harikrishnan; Basil
Hashem; Donna and Darryl Hayes, in honor of their grandparents;
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hauser; the Kim family, in memory of Luci S.
Houston; Brenda Avilla-Kintz; Gokul Krishnan; Sara and Ricardo Jenez;
Cathryn Jenkins;
Virginia Langmuir; Kathleen Ledbetter; Kaye Anne Lenz, in memory
of Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Kendall and Mr. and Mrs. Fay Jones; Gladys
Liu; Regina Lopez; Mario Lowe; William Luehmann; Merritt Markham,
in honor of her book club; Nena Medina; Dimitrios Michailidis; Joe
and Jennifer Natoli;
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation; Serge Pankis, in memory
of Mickey and Ferman McAdoo; Joan Pariani; Robert Pariani; Mr. and
Mrs. Eric Pearson; Jan Penn, in honor of her parents; Logan Roberts;
Heather and Bill Rosen, in honor of their families; Linda Rosiak;
Maria Scott; Sherri Stuart; Lisa Su; Yi-Ling Su; Regina Sueoka;
Pradeep Thayamballi; Bill Thenden, in memory of Helen Hayes; Thieu
Tran;
David Upham; Lois Vidovich; J. Wadama; Mr. and Mrs. Steve Wallace;
Richard Wayburn, in memory of his parents; Dave Wilson; Robyn Wilson;
Tracy Wingrove; Wee Yip; Janet York.
If you're interested:
Donations to the 2003 Holiday Wish Book are tax deductible and welcome
in any amount. You can help in several ways:
THIS
SITE:
When you read the Wish Book stories, links to donate are included,
so that you can earmark your donations through our secure server.
BY
PHONE:
You can make your donation by phone if you're using a credit card;
call (408) 920-5282.
BY
MAIL:
The form inside the section that was published last Sunday has all
the details (if you've misplaced your copy, call (408) 920-5241
and we'll send you a fresh one). Or:
Click here to download*
a Holiday Book donation form.
* To view and print this
form, you will need Acrobat Reader. Free Acrobat downloads at www.adobe.com/acrobat.
Contact Holly Hayes at hhayes@sjmercury.com
or (408) 920-5374. |
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