Santa’s Helper Update

More donations to the Santa’s Helper Fund arrived Thursday, bringing the total received to date to $41,766.15, representing 84 percent of the goal.

Thanks go to Sylvia C. Shugg, Bangor, $50; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Larlee, in memory of Hazel Gover, Bangor, $50; Catherine A. Simpson, in memory of Martha Burke, Glenburn, $30; Marie Boobar, LaGrange, $20; Kelly Boyington, in memory of Joseph and Glennis Mengo, Millinocket, $25; Susan Knowles, in memory of Kala, Robert and Frank Duffy, Sherman Station, $100; and Carmela M. Bubar, Hartland, $50.

Also contributing to Santa’s Helper are Charlie and Peggy Sisson, in memory of Peggy’s father, Burton Spinney, Winterport, $25; Ruth Tapley, Brooklin, $50; Lee Honey, in memory of her mother, Dorothy Honey, Veazie, $25; Virginia E. Tillinghast, in memory of Ted Farrell, St. Cloud, Fla., $25; VFW Maurice W. Miles Post 4527, Orrington, $50; Liz, Aya, Amy and Ruth Mares, in memory of Nate Hall, Orono, $25; Patricia Counihan, Bangor, $25; Glo and Joe McNichol, Pittsfield, $25; Herb Sargent Fund of Maine Community Foundation, Ellsworth, $1,000; and Anonymous, no town given, $2.

Donations can be sent to Santa’s Helper Fund, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402-1329. Donors’ names and dollar amounts will be published in the Santa’s Helper column daily. Donors who prefer to remain anonymous will be listed as such. Thank you in advance for your generosity.