For many people, Christmas is the most special time of the year. Family gatherings, church services, presents, and Christmas dinner all will make for a festive celebration. Thanks to many individuals, families, children, organizations, and groups throughout the region who contributed to the Santa’s Helper Fund, many families who have found themselves on hard times also will enjoy the simple pleasures of the holiday, delivered to them by The Salvation Army.

The Santa’s Helper Fund will continue to take donations through the end of the month, and will publish the last list of donors in the January 3, 2007, edition of the Bangor Daily News. Many thanks to all who have contributed to the Santa’s Helper Fund to date.

Merry Christmas!

Anonymous, Deer Isle $100

Marshall and Sarah, Orrington $50

Carolyn Blodgett, in loving memory of her husband, Donald C. Blodgett, Penobscot $25

Gloria, in memory of her husband, Lynwood, Old Town $100

Donnie and Cathy Murray, in memory of their grandmother, Marion Stoddard, Holden $100

Joseph N. Crary, Jr.,Prospect Harbor $50

Lea Lane, in memory of Keith Edwards, Island Falls, and Rayford Lane, Winter Harbor $100

Today’s Total $525

Total To Date $42,381

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.