There are two new contributions to the Empty Stocking Fund, including one for $1,000 from brothers Tom and Benji Taylor, the owners of the Bargain House. The gift will provide Christmas for 20 children.
Thanks as well to Dwight Gane, the golf professional at Pinecrest Country Club, and Chris Jackson, the superintendent of the course, for their gift of $200.
They push the fund’s total to $30,947 with five more days to contribute.
The Robesonian will continue to take donations until we close on Friday at 5 p.m., and then we will get that money as quickly as we can to staff at the Department of Social Services, who will spend some of their Christmas Eve distributing $50 vouchers to needy families who can do some last-minute shopping at the Roses store in Lumberton or the Roses Express in Fairmont.
Donations can be made in person at our newly renovated office at 2175 Roberts Ave., or you can send a donation through the mail, but if you send by mail, you might want to do so today to ensure it gets here in time. Send to The Robesonian, c/o The Empty Stocking Fund, 2175 Roberts Ave., Lumberton, N.C., 28358. If the gift is in honor or memory of someone, provide that information and it will be included. The Robesonian will publish photographs that accompany donations of $500 or more if that request is made.
Each eligible child will receive a $50 voucher on a first-come, first-served basis until the fund is exhausted.
For information regarding the Empty Stocking Fund, call Donnie Douglas, editor of The Robesonian, at 910-416-5649.
Previous total…………………………………………………. $29,747
113. Tom and Benji Taylor, the Bargain House…………..$1,000
114. Pinecrest Country Club……………………………….$200
New total………………………….$30,947
