The Santa’s Helper Fund has reached almost $30,000 in donations, reaching 60 percent of its goal with only two weeks left to support this year’s effort.

Consider joining the many people and organizations who are assisting The Salvation Army through this charity.

Recent contributors are:

Anonymous in Bangor, $25; Bulk Mail Made Easy of Orrington, $50; Whitcomb-Baker VFW Auxiliary No. 4633, $25; Frances Bowen of Hampden, $20 in memory of Donald Bowen; unknown donor, $10.

A $25 contribution in memory of Ashleigh Yvonne Tennet from grandparents Fred and Yvonne Ford of Brewer; Lassell Comegys of Dover-Foxcroft, $25 in loving memory of Richard W. Comegys, M.D.; University of Maine Bursar’s Office, $150.

Anonymous in Harmony, $50; Robert Fernald of Franklin, $50 in memory of Eileen Fessenden; $20 in the names of Morgan and Marissa Rudlee of Glenburn in memory of their grandfather Nelson Rublee of Milo; Leona and Rex Brown of Lincoln, $25 for sister Priscilla Tozier.

A $50 gift in memory of aunt Priscilla Tozier from Leona and Rex Brown’s grown children Cheryl, Barry, Scott, Arlen and Darryll Brown; Jim and Pat LaBree of Old Town, $100; Vashti Rebekah Lodge No. 35 in Orrington, $50; Anonymous in Brewer, $150.

Leland Berry of Newport, $25 in memory of Raymond Berry; Barrows Skidgel Auxiliary American Legion Unit No. 105, $25; Ruth Joudry of East Millinocket, $25 in memory of Jane and Roland; Rae and Calvin Tapley of Medway, $25.

Mr. and Mrs. Keith Barnes of Bar Harbor, $50; Anonymous in Kenduskeag, $100.

Thank you to all contributors.

Forward donation to The Santa’s Helper Fund, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402-1329. All contributors will be recognized in the NEWS unless anonymity is requested.