Thanks
to donations from Mercury News readers, all of the wishes in the 2004
Wish Book series will be fulfilled. Here are the details:
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THE CLOSET • The Rape Crisis
Center of the YWCA of Santa Clara Valley will purchase new clothing,
underwear, socks and shoes to provide to victims of sexual assault.
GRIEF THERAPY • Donations will help Pathways Hospice Foundation, Mountain View, provide materials for counselors who use art therapy with their clients, and for respite care. ONE FOOT FORWARD • Seed money for the Step Ahead Shoe Project through InnVision in San Jose will make new shoes and shoe vouchers available to homeless children and adults. DAILY VISIT • For low-income seniors, shut-ins and the disabled: thousands of hot meals and bags of supplemental groceries. Agencies that will benefit: Meals on Wheels programs in Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties and Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. REACHING HIS DREAM • Jose Taina, a San Jose Convervation Corps charter school graduate: help with college tuition, books and fees, an electronic speller/translator and gift cards to purchase a set of professional auto mechanics' tools. |