Season to Share 2012 Families
Thank you, generous and caring readers! This year’s Season to Share raised $870,709 — a record!
That number reflects the largest amount ever raised in Season to Share’s 17 years. But it only partially reflects a community’s generosity, its donation of goods, its hours of service, its in-kind giving. A Category 5-strength kind of giving. Click here to read what the community’s kindness means to the nominees.
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The Palm Beach Post launched its annual holiday campaign, Season to Share, in 1995. Each year, on the Sunday after Thanksgiving, the paper and website tell the stories of more than a dozen struggling families who have been nominated by local charitable organizations. Readers are invited to contribute money, merchandise and services to help them. Thank you for Sharing.
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STACI BELL Life’s challenges don’t stop young woman’s dream of independence |
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CHONDRA BROWN Mom working hard to raise eight kids alone with minimal support |
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WELDON BROWN Stuart leader, educator debilitated in retirement by diabetes |
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MIKAHISSA COTY Single dad keeps it together as his princess battles a blinding tumor |
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ANDREW DAWSON Family in foreclosure now struggles with superhero son’s cancer treatments |
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TRAVIS DOUGLAS Doctor gave up, but mom soldiers on for her ‘miracle’ son |
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HELEN GATTI Years as caregiver take toll on selfless widow, her home |
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ABUNDIO GOMEZ Stroke short-circuits family’s drive toward American dream |
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MAGDALENA JUAN Young mother needs boost to complete recovery from pregnancy complications |
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SHARON LILLY Family’s sacrifices a blessing and a burden for woman with cerebral palsy |
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SUSANA RODRIGUEZ Young widow raising four children with love, little else |
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SAM VELTRE Sister, 79, has her hands full with brother, 86, two part-time jobs |
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JOHN WEST After lifetime in groves, deaf picker, diabetic wife need a hand |
Photography: Thomas Cordy, Gary Coronado, Allen Eyestone, Greg Lovett
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The Palm Beach Post Season to Share Fund Inc. is a nonprofit charity set up to disburse holiday donations. Donations are tax deductible. Plus, donations of $50 to $500 (up to $100,000) will be matched. Donations can also be mailed to: Season to Share, The Palm Beach Post, 2751 South Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach, FL 33405. Please make checks payable to Season to Share Inc. The Quantum Foundation will match individual gifts of $50 to $500 (up to $100,000) as undesignated money, donated to Season to Share agencies in Palm Beach County. A portion of undesignated donations may be given to agencies whose nominees were not selected to be featured in our stories. Checks must be made payable to Season to Share, Inc. Once the wishes of the family have been filled, any excess funds and/or gifts will be given by the agency to other families in need. Please do not mail cash or merchandise. If you have merchandise to donate, please contact the agency directly. |
