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Final donation: $475
Final total: $20,401
CHESTER — The final donations for the 2023 Salvation Army and Delaware County Daily Times Merry Christmas were received this week, bringing the final total to $20,401. Even with the withdrawal of $5,000 from nonrecurring corporate contributions, the fund was only 8 percent short of last year’s $26,965 in an environment of inflationary pressures.
The final donors to the fund in 2023 are:
• Anonymous Media, $200
• Richard and Susan Gatchell of Upper Chichester, $100.
• Anonymous Chester, $100
• Chambers Memorial Presbyterian Church in Rutledge, $50.
• Tony Colgan, Blue Mall, $25: In memory of his parents, Joan Colgan and Tom Colgan.
“We are so grateful every time we receive a check because it brings us closer to helping another person and another family,” said Major Kathleen Calvo of the Salvation Army Chester Legion. Told.
This year’s checks from 97 donors enabled us to provide toys and food baskets to 485 families and food to 75 senior households. Donations from the family included more than 2,250 toys and more than 1,500 items of clothing for her.
Mr. Calvo expressed his gratitude to the Corps’ year-round and seasonal volunteers, whom he considered “the army behind the Army.”
“They’re the ones who show up every day. Seasonal volunteers pick up heavy boxes of food and turkeys,” she said.
Among this year’s food donors were St. Luke’s Greek Orthodox Church in Blue Mall, which donated 160 turkeys, and a trucking company donated Cornish chickens for elderly households.
Among the families benefiting this year, Calvo highlighted a mother and her two children who immigrated to the United States because their husband/father was unable to join the family.
“She contacted us and said she wanted winter clothes for her children,” Calbo said. “On top of that, she was also able to provide food and toys, which she really appreciated because she wasn’t expecting that at all.”
Another highlight of the season was assisting families displaced by house fires, providing clothing, toys, food, Christmas trees and decorations.
“My mom called me and said thank you for making Christmas a good memory, because this year is not going to be a good year (for them),” Calvo said. “That’s when we realized we needed the whole community to come together to make things happen. Christmas changed for this family,” she said.
“I’m glad to see it and be a part of it. It’s really a beautiful thing to witness acts of compassion in others,” Calvo said. “People who can help others don’t need to know their name, they just need to know that they are needed. That’s great.”
The 97 donors to the 2023 Merry Christmas Fund are:
Aldan Anonymous. Aston Anonymous. Aston Anonymous. Brookhaven Anonymous. Chester Anonymous. Anonymous from Folsom. Anonymous from Folsom. Glenn Mills Anonymous. Media Anonymous. Morton Anonymous. Newtown Square Anonymous. Ridley Park Anonymous. Wallingford Anonymous. Aston’s Kevin Albright and Concetta Albright. Aston’s Michael Urczacki. Aston’s Sue Arters. Mr. B of Folsom. Robert and Susan Belchik, media relations staff; Jackie Boggs of Garnet Valley; Sharon Hill’s Brown family. Aston’s Joyce and Jim Brown. Aston’s James Brown and Joyce Brown. Kevin Kavanaugh of Drexel Hill. Chambers Memorial Presbyterian Church in Rutledge. Vincent J. Christie Jr. of Aldan; Timothy and Deborah Coyne of Upper Chichester. Tony Colgan of Blue Mall. Deborah Cotter, Media; Kathleen and Thomas Cummings of Brookhaven; Delmont Utilities Co. in Newtown Square. Anita Jean Doney of Norwood; The Ellis family of Folsom. Donna Marie Ellis of Elkton, Maryland; Marvin and Ruth Ann Eirich of Brookhaven; Richard Ems in Newtown Square…
Adrian and Richard Gallo, media representatives; Aston’s Kim Garrison. Richard and Susan Gatchell of Upper Chichester; Dot Gieder of Upper Chichester; Dolores Gearing of Glenn Mills. William S. Green of Upper Chichester; Harmon by Patricia A. Chester. Dorothy Hewitt of Northborough, Massachusetts; Diane Holloway of Plymouth. media representatives Al and Barbara Hostetler; Irish Elf in Dublin, Ireland. Berniece Jackson of Chester; Joan Johnston of Milmont Park. Andrew and Barbara Carney of Prospect Park; Susan and Daniel Kennedy of Chester; Robert and Kathleen Koehler of Folsom; Frank and Dottie Kumut of Brookhaven; Michael and Carol Ann Kulkulis of Springfield…
Donald G. Longwell of Boothwyn. Frank and Elizabeth Martin of Folsom; Richard Maxwell of Media. Media VFW Post 3460; Patricia McCuller of Springfield; Melissa A. McDermott of Wallingford; Kate McHenry of Prospect Park; Lynn Menta of Springfield; William J. Morrissey of Port Charlotte, Florida; Chris and Jim Morrison of Morton; Keith and Regina Murray of Ridley Township; Mary Nagle of Media. O’Brien family of Aston. Dennis and Anna O’Neill of Garnet Valley; Shirley Ostrander of Glenn Riddle. Aston’s Rose Petlikowski. Diane Roberts of Blue Mall. Robert and Margaret Rooney of Ridley Park. Richard and Sharon Rowles of Aston…
Linda Thatcher and Louis Thatcher of Collingdale; Brandon Schaefer of Clifton Heights; Mary W. Scott, media representative; Kim Shaffer of Ridley Park. Lee and Harriet Sherman of Newtown Square. Barbara and Adam Siekielski of Swarthmore; Sloppy Joes Inc. of Chester Elizabeth Smeltzer of Essington; R. Lee Smithham of Aston. Dorothy Smoak of Chester; St. James Catholic High School Alumni Association in Eddystone. St. James Episcopal Church in Prospect Park. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Chester. Mark Stewart and Mary Gay Scanlon of Swarthmore; Paul and Linda Tarrant of Springfield; TJ and Ryan of Folsom. Donald Toy of Ridley Park. Aston’s John Volpe and Rita Volpe. John and Karen Whitaker of Milmont Park; Nancy White of Glenolden; Claude Williams of Media. Ronald and Sheila Withelder of Glen Mills; Margaret Woolard of Springfield; media representatives Patricia and Kenneth Woznicki; and Anne Wright of Newtown Square.
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