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Published Sunday, January 16,
2005, in the San Jose Mercury News
S.J. students put best foot forward
By HOLLY HAYES / Mercury News
Around the holidays, second-graders at Cureton Elementary School in East San Jose were working on a lesson about kindness when their teachers decided to use the stories in the 2004 Wish Book series as fodder for classroom discussion.
They selected five of the stories to be read aloud to the second-grade classes, who would then vote on where a group donation would be made.
``Christmas is the perfect time to teach children about helping others,'' teacher Susan Avinger said.
When the children learned about the ``Step Ahead Shoe Project'' -- a program InnVision wants to start to provide homeless people with proper-fitting shoes -- the matter was settled.
``We began collecting money the last weeks before Christmas vacation,'' said Avinger, whose fellow second-grade teachers are Spring Chao, Chris Cordova, Diane Shelton and Amanda Tylicki. ``Since many of these children are from low-income families and have needs of their own, we were very proud of their endeavors.''
The five classes of second-graders collected $125 to present to InnVision, the San Jose-based agency that provides a range of support services for the homeless.
Wish Book readers are invited to earmark their gifts to particular stories or causes or make general contributions. Donations of any size continue to be welcome and are tax-deductible.
Following is a partial list of donors:
Janet Agnew, in honor of Mary E. McKinsey; Cynthia Allen; Joe Andrade Jr.; Leslie Anido, in honor of her students at Blackford School; Baker Elementary School fourth-graders, San Jose;
Carolyn Barkas; Andrew Barnes; Christin Barraza; Larry Beshears; Haley Bigham; Madeline Blackwood, in honor of Quinlan Taylor; Robert and Rita Bogen; Steve Bowyer, in honor of the Bowyer family; Phil and Nancy Boyle, in honor of Paul Cha; Laura Breckenridge; Hal and Nancy Brown; Jacqueline M. Browman; Lucille H. Brown; William and Grace Brown, in honor of Jeff and Josh Brown, Marty Brown, Alex Brown and family and Justin and Ruth Whitaker and family; Marion Bushard;
Don Callejon; Felipe Camarena; J. Canning; Kathryn Carpenter; Alcario and Carmen Castellano; Steve and Shelly Chavira and family, in honor of Vera Ettare; Cheryl's Animal Farm, in honor of her clients' generosity; Evelyn Chiechi; Marty and Suzette Chiechi; Claudia Claussen, in memory of Chad Claussen; Margie Clear, in honor of Erica and Ron Saucedo; the Coffield family, in honor of Winnie Coffield and in memory of Albert and Dorothy Silva; Joan and Gordon Cohen; Terry Council;
Disha Dalal; Tom Daspit, in honor of Joanne and Mary; Pat Doehrman, in honor of Helen Sheridan; Sanjeev Dua; Wendy Dunham; Kent and Carol Edens; Elan @ River Oaks; Mr. and Mrs. Loyd E. Ellis; Mary Ellen Erickson; Pat Escover, in memory of Evelyn Ravetti; Kevin and Laura Evans; Marilyn Fernandes; Bill and Pam Ferrari; Miriam Fiorenza, in honor of Florence; Neal Frager; Joan Freitas; Janet Fuller; Joanna Gall, in honor of Fred Gall; Mrs. Robert L. Garten; Ellen Garvey; John and Elizabeth Germe, in honor of all children; Shirin Ghaffary; the Goldstein family; Laura Gonzalez-Escoto, in honor of Golla Gonzalez; Michael Gordon;
Margie Hammack, in honor of Dr. William Hammack; Graham Hawkinson; Herman Intermediate School, San Jose, students of Mrs. Nauman's homeroom; Nancy Hibbard; Lynn Himes; C.D. Himmelblau; Betty Hixson, in honor of Lou Guada; the Hoffnagle family; Max Hohengasser; DeForrest and Bonnie Home; M.T. Houston, in honor of Missie Houston; P. Iguchi; Peyton and Janet Ikeda; Kathryn Ingram and Paul Couch;
Jerome and Rita Jacobson; Steven Kawula; Rosemary Kuhn, in honor of Kerry and John Kuhn and Anna and Tiffany Woods; Jim Johnson; R. Krepps; Carolyn Lance, in honor of Mark Thomas; Yael Landan; Kayla Lee; Lee Mathson Middle School staff, San Jose; Sharon Leithner; Paul Lewis, in honor of Pamela Lewis; Emily and Patrick Lo; Stuart A. Locke; the Lueke family, in honor of Ida Oseransky; John and Rosie Luis;
Gertrude Macfarlane; Katrina Mandel; Nicholas Mandel; Marie McCarthy, in honor of James McCarthy; Carole McRae; Jojy Michael, in honor of K.D. Michael; the Minshull family; Deena Mitchell, in honor of the Mitchell family; Scott Mitchell; Hannah Moeller; Ellie Molloy; Dan and Mary Morrison; Simone Morrow;
Joe Oguri; the Osborn family, in honor of Ty and David Osborn; Ivana Panontin, in honor of Sandra Panontin; the Parcasio family; Steve Pearl, in honor of John Pearl; Herb and Victoria Perry; Rita Prieur, in honor of Ronna and Mindy Prieur; Alisa Quistian, in honor of her grandmother;
Raydean Randlett, in honor of Harvey Bourland; Randol Elementary School, San Jose, Mrs. Sargent's third-grade class; Barbara Reyneri; Mary Reynolds; the Ritucci family, in honor of Harold Hansen; Barbara Rodriguez; Jan Roloff, in memory of Arlene Ash; Corinne B. Ruschin, in honor of Jr., Chris, Corinne, Brad, Alissa, Cameron, Gabriella, Nicky, Lily and Danny; David Carl Sandberg; Carmen Santana; Julia Schedler, in honor of Sarah Schuerman; Judi Seip; Linda T. Sierras; Sarina and Stefan Soriano; William and Janet Splichal; Tomasina and Strether Smith;
Jeannette R. Tabacco, in honor of Lucy Radke; the Thalls family; Marcia Tjader; Tony Tran; Colleen Tresaden, in honor of Etta Tresaden; Robina Vandersteen, in honor of the Vandersteen family; Enrique and Juanity Velasco, in honor of Nelly and Rick; Dick Whittington; Sue Yoshida, in honor of Amy and Tom Rizzi.
Here's how you can help fulfill a wish:
ONLINE:
When you read the Wish Book stories, links to donate are included,
so that you can earmark your donations through our secure server.
BY
MAIL :
Click here to download*
a Holiday Book donation form. Simply fill it out, attach your check
or credit card information and mail it to the Mercury News, c/o
Wish Book Fund, 750 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, CA 95190
* To view and print this
form, you will need Acrobat Reader. Free Acrobat downloads at www.adobe.com/acrobat.
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