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Published Saturday, December 11,
2004, in the San Jose Mercury News
Students master the lesson of giving
By HOLLY HAYES / Mercury News
A sweet lesson in giving back is continuing this holiday season at St. Joseph of Cupertino School.
For the sixth consecutive year, each of the nine classes, kindergarten to eighth grade, has pored over the Mercury News' Wish Book stories and selected one on which to concentrate fundraising efforts.
During the next week, the students will get busy raking leaves, washing dishes, feeding and walking pets -- whatever it takes to earn a little folding money to donate. On Friday, at a special school Advent service, the student body will present its gifts.
Last year, the school raised about $1,500. ``The Wish Book has become a wonderful tradition for our school,'' said Principal Mary Lyons. ``It's a practical, compassionate way to celebrate the season of giving, and it teaches the children to care about the world around them.''
For 22 years, thousands of Mercury News readers have helped neighbors in their communities through the Wish Book.
Readers are invited to earmark their gifts to particular stories or causes or to make general contributions. Donations of any size continue to be welcome and are tax-deductible.
If more money comes in than is needed for a specific wish, we'll use the extra funds to pay for other wishes in the series. Any money left over will provide camp and class scholarships to families who can't afford these experiences for their children.
Many readers dedicate their donations in honor or memory of loved ones. Others give anonymously. Following is a partial list of donors:
Raymond Aldana; Michael Anderson; Timothy Andre; Tracey Baker; Rose E. Bankhead, in honor of Georgia Butterfield; Carol and Bill Barmeier, in honor of Wilf Etherington; Don and Edna Beckmann, in honor of Al and Eleanor Day; Mario and Rose Belotti; Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Bernal; Roy Billings; James Blair; Frank and Gayle Boitano; the Booth-Tomer family; Claudia and Jeff Brown; Jean Brandon; Devren Breaux; Margot and Roger Brockmeyer;
Tom and Lorraine Calamia, in honor of Shalaina; Ray and Sharon Calcagno, in honor of Francis and Stella McCarty; Cynthia Caldwell; Josephine L. Cali; Maureen Cappon-Javey, in honor of Reza Javey; Barbara J. Carney; Mary Casella, in honor of Robert. R. Casella; Richard and Susan Castro, in honor of Jessica, Alexa, Ryan, Jake, A.J. and Matthew; Peggy Chamberlain; Brandi Chastain and Jerry Smith; the Claudio Chiuchiarelli Family Foundation; Bill and Judy Chroust; Nancy M. Clish, in honor of James Clish; Brent and Sylvia Constantz; Audrey Conyers; Walter L. and Barbara H. Crafford;
Meera Daing; Anne Dalton; Linda Davidge; Russ and Debbie Dean; Shubhada Divekar; H. Robert Downs; Melvin Dudley; Bob Dutrow, in honor of Betty Dutrow; Jim Eick; Steve Dyson and Lisa Alcala; Keith Elwell; David Erlich and Ricka Berns; Sandra Foehr, in honor of Mikaela, Markus and Elle; Aldo and Doris Fontana, in honor of Mary Wolf; Marilyn Foster, in memory of William Foster; Ed and Cyndi Franks;
Mary Anne and Steven Gabay; John R. Galberth; Mr. and Mrs. George Geraci, in memory of Joe and Elvera Hughes; Diana Ghassemi, in honor of the Ghassemi family; Elizabeth Gilliland; Frances Goff; Fannie Gonsalves; Gretchen Gregersen; Barbara Guard, in honor of Fred Guard; Jackie Guido; Joan and Ron Hare; Jon and Rebecca Hayman, in honor of their parents; the Heffernan family; Choeta Heid; Marie Hensley and Cathy Criswell; Paul and Sheri Howe, in honor of John and Gerry Howe; Tabitha Kappler-Hurley; Pat Kaspar; Ray and Jan Kennedy;
Emily LaBossiere; Carole Lee; Derek Lin; Cynthia Lovewell, in honor of Jenny Lovewell; Brian and Linda Lukson; Roberta Lundstrom; Judith M. Lyon, in honor of James Anaya; Debbie Martin; M. Matalone; Bill and Monica McClintock; Sue McCoy, in honor of J.J. Rothbaum; Dennis and Carol McDowell; Mr. and Mrs. J. McEvoy; John and Janet McFarlane; Paula, Shannon and Kristen Meier; Carolie Miller; Cathy Minshall; Carl Mistek; Charles and Clarice Moody; Myrna Moore; Gail and Anthony Mosse; Jeanne Muller; the Anne M. Neri family, in memory of Dr. Philip Neri; George and Jan Neukam; John Newman; Phyllis and Neil Newman; Mrs. Robert E. Nino; Leanne Nishita; Joyce and Bob Northey;
RSTKC Oda; Nick Perrone, in honor of Sonia and Nick Perrone; Marlys Peters; Elizabeth S. Piazza, in honor of the Piazza great-grandchildren Benjamin, Christopher, Evan, Kara and Olivia; Kathleen Radcliff, in honor of Donald James Radcliff; Robert P. Ray; Harriet and David Reisner; Joseph and Nancy Rynewicz; Helen Sayre; Mr. and Mrs. Norm Schmidt; Lyle and Sally Sechrest; Leslie Shiozaki; Lilette Shockey, in honor of Lili Shockey; Tom Shuflin; Bill and Leslie Sims; Nicky Sliolto, Emily Sliolto and Jamie Crawford; Caitlin Smith; Terrence P. Smith; George and Lorraine Sousa, in honor of Lisa Sousa Carlson; Lorraine Spellman; Ann Stamschror; Nancy S. Steege; Jean Sutherland;
Hugh and Linda Taylor, in honor of Carl and Jeanne Haruta and John and Mary Ottman; Mary Margaret Teel; Dolores and Larry Thompson; Geraldine Thompson; Khuong Thi Tran; Rosemarie Trillo-Pia, in memory of Larry Trillo; Lynn Ubhaus; Betsy Wachter, in honor of Kim and Nathan Wachter; Mary Altier Walker, in honor of Steve Lynch; Linda Wells and Marty Phillips; Steve and Doreen Werthmann, in honor of Mary Wolf and Christopher Wolf; Lisa Weyland, in honor of Eugenia and John Ackerman; Carroll and Susan Williams; June Willis; Margo Wixom.
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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