Owners T.J. and Sherri Siastras have supported the Santa Claus Fund for 17 years, and they reached a new milestone this year by raising more than $80,000 during that time period. That is a remarkable feat, and we want to recognize them for their enormous generosity.
This year’s auction generated $9,040 for our kids. Seven hundred dollars came from the “Two Buck Club,” where folks put $2 in a kitty each time they visit Joshua’s.
A remarkable feat. Well done, T.J. and Sherri!
— Donations have been coming in every day. The list:
Dorothy and Dave McFadden $25, Portland Glass $40, Bonnie and Lindsey Nelson $100 in memory of Brandon Shaw, William and Katherine Tucker $50 in memory of Zo King, Phyllis Walsh $20 in memory of Frank Walsh, Martha and Everett Welch $30, Mid Coast Hospital $250, Celeste and James Pope $50, Gail and Larry Albee $50, Edwin and Janice Gallant and Amy Hamilton $25, Patricia & Raymond Bergeron $50 in loving memory of our Mother, Winifred Gott, Merry Christmas from Daisy Fitzgerald $50, and regional School Unit 1 $250.
That’s $990 on the 10th of December.
On the 11th of December we received $35 from Maurice Libner, attorney at law, $150 from Ray Labbe & Sons, $200 from Stetson’s Funeral Home, $75 from Brillant Motors, 4100 from your loving family, memory of Tim Brillant, $25 from Kristi, lance, and Leon in memory of Judith Brillant, $200 from Bracket Funeral Home, $150 from Atlantic regional Federal Credit Union, $100 from K.M. Page & J.R. Webster, $25 from John & Jacqueline Donahue, $100 from Mary & Jean McWilliams, $100 from Robert Gillespie in memory of Lisa & Chris Gillespie, $15 from Mail It 4 You, $100 from Taylor Rental, $10 from Boots & Buckles Restaurant, $50 from Fairground Café Inc., $100 from Midcoast Glass & Windows Inc., $20 from James Ouellette, $50 from Maria & Dick McElman in memory of good friend and neighbor Everett Waterman, $100 from Bonnie Nelson & Patrick Dawson in memory of Eva Dawson, $50 from Laraine & Walter Lach, $100 from anonymous, $25 from Susan & Paul Taylor, $50 from Sacred heart Circle551, daughters of Isabella, $50 from Ronald Paradis, $50 from Robert Long III, $25 in memory of Larry & Mike Connor from the Connor family, $50 from Candice & Ruben Hernandez, $25 in memory of Felix & Lorette Charron, $20 from Rachel Lamarre, $50 from James A. Peavey, $100 from Yankee Ladies”, and $102 from L.L. Bean “Gals”. That’s a total of $2,452. Thank you one and all, for your generosity. We are now are at $22,569.
— The children count is now at 347: That’s 171 boys and 176 girls. Keep your requests coming; there are only four days left to process letters.
Don’t get left out.
If you would like to help “put a smile on a child Christmas morning,” make a taxdeductible donation.
THE SANTA CLAUS FUND reports are contributed by coordinator Dave Desjardins, known as “the head elf.”
TO MAKE REQUESTS
Send your letters by Dec. 17 to the Santa Claus Fund Inc., P.O. Box 278, Brunswick, ME 04011. Put your name, address and phone number at the top of the page. Then list the names, the gender and the dates of birth of your children.
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