Bill Shaw fund: Children in Fayetteville and beyond deserve the magic of Christmas morning

Seeing your child's face light up with joy on Christmas morning is one of the best gifts a parent will ever receive.

It was for me, at least.

My daughter is all grown up now, but I'm thankful that I was able to provide her with childhood Christmases she'll always remember. As a single mom, it wasn't always easy; I'm fortunate that I had my parents and other family members to help me during tougher years.

Not everyone has a support system that's able to help fill in the gaps, though. This is where the Bill Shaw Salvation Army Christmas Fund comes in.

The fund, powered by donations, does so much to make every child's Christmas wishes a reality during the holiday season. The fund also helps the Salvation Army cover its operations for the rest of the year in the form of food, shelter and education.

It's the generosity of people in this community that makes it all possible.

$1,000 club members

Joining our elite $1,000 club today with a $2,000 donation are Hutton and Sibylle Barron.

The Caroline & Salim Ibrahim Charitable Fund gave $1,000 in memory of William Strickland. Betty and Richard Rice also gave $1,000, as did Martha Walker, Eva Herring and Clayton Searle.

Thanks to all of you for your generosity — we couldn't do it without you. There's still a long way to go, though, to meet the needs of our community.

How to help

Here's how you can contribute.

Write your tax-deductible check to the Bill Shaw Salvation Army Christmas Fund and mail it to the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 110, Fayetteville, NC, 28302, or drop it off between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at 220 E. Russell St., Fayetteville, NC, 28301. You can also donate online at southernusa.salvationarmy.org/sandhills.

Our donors

Here’s this week's list of donors. We appreciate every one of you.

Tommy Wooten: $750 in memory of Elizabeth B. Wooten

Jack Kennally: $100

Laura Figures: $25

Bonnie Mcgrady: $100

Alan Tucker: $50

Tom Murphy: $100

S. Scruggs: $100

Robert Papp: $25

Marie Crowder: $20

Betsey Dittmar: $25

Rose Heimrick: $100

Ernestine Johnson: $50

David Steffen: $750

The Church At Wagram: $200

Ed Doucet: $40

Johnny Boyles: $100

Martha Walker: $1,000

Pam Cherry: $50

Brenda Baker: $100

Helen Jackson: $100

Patsi D'alpe: $25 in memory of Eddie and Granny

Richard Ramos: $50

Charles Toomey: $250

Carole Johnson: $50

Robert Fecher: $50

Tom Clark: $500

Georgia Judkins: $5

Shirlean Williams-Nichols: $20

William Seidensticker: $100

Dian Moore: $100

Emil & Penny Johnson: $200

Caroline & Salim Ibrahim Charitable Fund: $1,000 in memory of William Strickland

John Hazlett: $100

Eleanor Way: $50 in memory of John

Lofton Beauchamp: $50

Harold & Linda B. McNeill: $25

Joanne Murray: $150

Kim Spears: $300

Sarah Baucom: $150

Fernell Patterson: $15

John Foley: $100

G. Smith: $100

Ken Juarez: $50

David Sloop: $100

Irvin Williams: $50

Susan Tyson: $200

Roy Harvel: $100

Janet Jones: $100

Robert Hendricks: $75

Candace Williams: $50

Ellen Starnes: $10

Emma Ford: $40

Keith Sewer: $1

Annette Simmons: $45

Michael Sanderson: $50

Vickie Mincey: $30

Martha Parsons: $200

Virginia Yergeau: $25

Edward Smith: $50

John Spicer: $25

David Hess: $30

Debra Barkley: $30

Berdie Bullard: $55

Fred Chrisman: $100

James Julian: $60 for Gladys

Keith Turner: $25

Thomas Brooks: $100

Ellen Milewski: $100

Thomas Race: $20

Robert Haywood: $25

Wilbert Harrison: $30

Shirley McNair: $20

Annie Walton: $30

Honey Paoni: $100

Kathleen Evans: $150

Clayton Searle: $1,000

Hutton & Sibylle Barron: $2,000

William Fackler: $50

Glenn Hartman: $25

Thomas Elkins: $20

Smith: $25

Ruth Crumley: $100

Ann Dowd: $25

Elizabeth Williams: $25

Arnold Wiley: $15

Loretta Williford: $75

Ava Johnson: $10

NCSandhills Amateur Golf Assoc. LLC: $200

James Smith: $100

Nancy & Thomas Phillips: $150

Curtis & Sandy Simpler: $75

Steve Allen: $20

Carolyn Mckenzie: $25

Lojuanna Pages: $100

Boris Calderon: $100

Patricia Hedgpeth: $50

Ramon Rodriguez: $5

Jane Gehl: $25

Richard & Lois Anderson: $50

Joan Bruno: $50

Wanda Stephens: $5

June Lay: $5

Susan Paolino: $200

Dawn Nesselhaus: $35

Ilse Hutcheson: $50

Lewis Maurer: $25

Janet Morgan: $50

Diana Bonner: $300

James Kahl: $40

Alice Nani: $60

Alphonso Pompey: $45

Odessa Hendley: $50

Betty & Richard Rice: $1,000

Eva Herring: $1,000

Jerry Shaw: $35

Ralph Burns: $100

Sidney Frazee: $20

Markham Abert: $5

Jacqueline Brown: $15

Michael Ford: $20

Brunilda Ramos: $20

Lawrence Miller: $20

James Morgan: $20

Sue Davis: $35

Joseph Cannon: $50

Jean Smith: $50

Audrey Kizzie: $100

Wallace Duncan: $100

Brenda Hill: $100

J. Cruse: $15

Robert Blue: $20

Gail Chavis: $20

Connie Coggins: $33

Daniel Mcinnis: $50

Roy Register: $20

Ellis Ehle: $150

Anonymous: $4,925

This week's total: $22,359

Grand total: $36,742

This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: Bill Shaw Salvation Army Christmas Fund: How to help