Today’s donations bring us to 81 percent of our goal. We still have a way to go to raise the needed $50,000 for The Salvation Army, but we’re hopeful of doing so before the end of the week. Special thanks to Amy King of Lincoln for two boxes of beautiful knit hats and mittens. Thanks also to the following most recent contributors:

Phil and Barbara, Brewer $100

Lee Honey, in loving memory of her mother, Dorothy Honey, Veazie $25

The Plissey’s, in loving memory of Adam Plissey,

Grampie Forest, and Grampie Verle, Hermon $25

Ken & Bev, Albert, Ashleigh, and Jessica, Tate’s Strawberry Farm, Corinth $100

Anonymous, Penobscot $40

Michaela and Lucas, East Millinocket $25

Ken Morgan and Rick Strout, in remembrance of Filmore

and Lillian Morgan, and Betty Strout, Bangor $100

Raymond and Ernestine White, Old Town $25

Russ Johnstone, Jr., in memory of his dad,

Russell Johnstone, Old Town $100

Anonymous, in memory of Dorothy Burns, Calais $100

Bruce and Betty Clark, in loving memroy of Betty Hitchcock, Ellsworth $25

Bishop Concrete, Brownville Jct $200

Richard E. Sawyer, in loving memory of his wife, K. Sawyer, Milbridge $100

Roland L. Dube,Bangor $25

Iona Crowley, in loving memory of Florence and

Russell Crowley, Brewer $50

The Curry Family, Terry, Gail, Rem-Dawg, Walley, Plymouth $25

Anonymous, in memory of Victor and Dorothy Stanwood, Harrington $50

Al and Kathy St. Peter, in memory of Andrew St. Peter, Woodland $25

Anonymous, Patten $25

Anonymous, No Town Given $100

Anonymous, in memory of Maxine McLaughlin, Millinocket $25

Bob and Betty St. Louis, in memory of Greta and

Louis Cote of Orono and Blanche and Arthur St. Louis, Old Town $15

Today’s Total $1,305

Total To Date $40,374.75

Donations may be sent to Santa’s Helper Fund, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor, ME 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, followed by their donation amounts. Thank you in advance for your generosity.