From Staff Reports
The Augusta Chronicle
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
A substitute schoolteacher raising a child with special needs could use some help this Christmas.
"The therapies she needs I haven't always been able to provide," she writes. "I find myself needing people and help for the first time in years. I ask for assistance to be able to get a few things for her for Christmas.
"If it weren't for the grace of God and other family and friends, I don't know where I'd be," she writes.
The Augusta Chronicle Empty Stocking Fund has helped people facing such challenges for 79 years.
Last year, the charity raised a record-breaking $124,000 that helped families across the region.
HOW TO HELP
Donations to the Empty Stocking Fund are tax-deductible. To contribute:
- Mail donations to The Augusta Chronicle Empty Stocking Fund, P.O. Box 1928, Augusta, GA 30903-1928.
- Drop off donations at the cashier's office at The News Building, 725 Broad St., weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and at the Columbia County Bureau, Publix shopping center, 4272 Washington Road, Suite 3B, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Donate online at augusta chronicle.com/emptystocking.
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