Day by day, the clock is ticking. So much to do, it seems, and so little time to do it. In just more than three weeks, families around the Northeast will be celebrating with loved ones, preoccupied by the joy and goodwill of the season.
But this holiday season won’t be so uplifting for all people, for all families. There are many right here in the Northeast — perhaps even a neighbor or friend, but most whom we’ll never know — who endure the season with disenchantment, an empty feeling brought on by the isolation or hardships of lives that don’t seem too blessed right now.
However, thanks to your monetary donations, your kindness and compassion are helping our 56th annual Eleanor Smylie Community Fund provide nourishing meals or presents to people trying to give their families a happier holiday.
We’d like to thank these latest contributors to our holiday fund:
• Christopher Artur — T/A Artur Realty: $500
• Dawn & Joseph Bachman, All Saints, Rhawnhurst: $25
• Sandra Bincarousky: $30
• Sharon Bradshaw: $25
• H. Mary Buda: $72
• Dorothy Collins: $50
• Debbie and Louis Di Orio: $100
• Helen Hanto: $10
• Home Public Adjusters, Inc.: $200
• Joseph Karwoski: $10
• The Seven Stray Cats: $7
• Joseph Tomaino: $50
• John Usonis: $100
• Anonymous: $25
• Anonymous: $25
• Anonymous: $50
• In loving memory of Michael and Virginia Pleskan: $25
• In memory of Ethel and the Harding Family: $20
• In memory of EWL: $50
• In memory of Robert L. Gill Jr.: $30
• In memory of Gertrude Klein: $50
• In memory of Margaret A. Magee: $100
This week’s contributions: $1,554
Total forward: $2,153
Total to date: $3,707
