The Santa’s Helper Fund now totals $34,000.

Our collections in these final weeks of December will determine the outcome of this year’s charity. Our goal continues to be $50,000.

If you have been following our progress and have sent a donation, thank you. If you are considering giving a donation toward the Salvation Army’s holiday community support, we hope you will make that donation soon. Yours will be the final gifts that push us to our goal. Additionally, the many families and individuals who benefit from this fund will have a merrier holiday with your help.

Today, the Santa’s Helper Fund includes a correction: Leland Berry of Holden made a $25 contribution Dec. 13 in memory of brother, Raymond Berry.

Other contributors who deserve to be recognized for their donations are:

Roberta E. Worster of Springfield sent 34 pairs of handmade mittens; Marget and Joe Crary of Prospect Harbor, $50; Roger and Greta Choquet of Green Valley, Ariz., $25; Imelda Madden of Old Town, $20 in memory of sisters Bernice, Pauline and Claire and granddaughter Rose Marie; and “Ginger” & “Zorro” in Eastport, $100.

Anonymous in Old Town, $10; Bernard and Lelia Elkins of Hampden, $25; Anonymous in Newport, $50; Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cote of Bangor, $50; and a $175 contribution from the employees of Bay Physical Therapy, Acadia SportsRehab, Bar Harbor Physical Therapy and Pine State Physical Therapy.

Modern Screenprint of Bangor, $50; Anonymous in Brewer, $100; a $25 gift remembering Karen Carter from Stacey M.; and $100 “in memory of past mailers Communication Workers of America at Bangor Daily.”

John and Jodi Lee Healey of Millinocket, $20 in memory of Ellen Healey; Mr. and Mrs. Willard Colson of Southwest Harbor, $20 in memory of their parents; Drew and Nancy Caron of Eddington, $40; and Bangor Emblem Club 223, $50.

The Bangor Lodge of Elks #244, $500 in memory of Barbara Arey and Mert Merry; also from the Bangor Lodge of Elks #244, $500; and the John F. Kennedy Chapter 6 Disabled American Veterans, $100.

The employees of the Bangor Daily News circulation department, $25 in memory of district manager and great friend Winston Harmon; Rocky, Arlene, Adam and Kristi Boyle of Holden, $25; Dick Shaw of Bangor, $20; and Joseph LeMay Jr. of Bangor, $25.

Katherine Bodkin of Brewer, $25; Phyllis Aiken of Lincoln, $25; and Anonymous in Exeter, $20.

Anonymous in Brooksville, $25 in memory of Fred and Millie Snow; Roberta Seavey of Bangor, $10; Handicrafters in Exeter, $25; an anonymous $20 donation in memory of Jeffrey Magoon and Robin Crabtree; and Eleanor Seavey of Bangor, $5.

Robert and Helen Seavey of Bangor, $10; Carlyle and Hattie Webb of Stonington, $25; Anonymous in Deer Isle, $50; Alice Mills of Etna, $10; Grace McPheters of Northeast Harbor, $15; and Elaine Lowell of Birch Harbor, $25 in memory of husband George Lowell and son Bradley Lowell. Thank you all for your generous donations.

Send your contribution today to Santa’s Helper Fund, P.O. Box 1329, Bangor 04402-1329.

All contributors will be recognized in the Bangor Daily News unless anonymity is requested. Remember, there are 11 days remaining to have your contribution recognized.