Here's how much the Bill Shaw Salvation Army Christmas Fund raised in 2023
The Bill Shaw Salvation Army Christmas Fund had another successful year, raising nearly $160,000 to help people in Cumberland County and beyond during the holidays and throughout the year.
Since 1923, The Fayetteville Observer has partnered with the Salvation Army, raising millions for the Bill Shaw Salvation Army Christmas Fund, named for the late Observer photographer who for years managed the fund and was one of its top advocates.
$1,000 club
Joining our elite $1,000 club are retired Col. Leon and Ladonna Price, who gave $1,000; Merilee Ventura and Paul Neal each gave $1,000; and the Joseph L. Parrish & Sarah N. Parrish Charitable Lead Annuity Trust which gave $3,000. P3MS Inc. gave $5,000.
Donations
Here is our final list of donors. The Observer, the Salvation Army and the countless people you will help thank you.
Retired Col. Leon & Ladonna Price, $1,000
James & S. Christine Beck, $150
Pinebluff United Methodist Women, $100
P3ms Inc., $5,000
Grays Creek Fine Arts Society, $300 in memory of Jack Carter ESQ.
Richard Ruhnke, $150
Marian Furlough, $50
Ingeborg Shannon, $100
Larry Beattie, $70
Mack Royal, $150
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel L. Morant Sr., $25
Lieselotte Godwin, $20
Elton Turner, $10
Sheila Furrell, $5
Gary Ballard, $100
Barbara Lockhart, $100
Lilian House, $10
Eileen Umland, $10
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Walker II, $100
Barbara McElroy, $25
Joseph L. Parrish & Sarah N. Parrish Charitable Lead Annuity Trust, $3,000
Betty Talbert, $25
Gane Smith, $50
David Chatellier, $100
Dale Skinner, $100
Judy Bauguess, $10
Calvin Curry, $20
Brett Jones, $100
John & Maureen Bertolozzi, $50 in memory of Gloria Lavery
Lettie Mathis, $20
Frances Brown, $150
Guil Waddell, $100
Vicki Allsop, $50
Tracey Sammons, $35
Karen Martin, $10
Gwendolyn Faison, $10
Gary Thorud, $20
Andre Mayville, $50
Brenda Wheeler Jourden, $100
Robert Davis, $100
Harvey Warr, $100
Warren Dobbins, $40
Olivia Chavis, $100
John F. James, $50
Robert L. Smith, $300
Alease Fowler, $100
Retired Lt. Col. & Mrs. John W. Hazlett, $100
Margaret Webster, $200
Suzanne Maness, $25
Jimmie Price, $20
Mattie Johnson, $50
Barbara Hudson, $50 in memory of Gus & Mamie Djinis and Willie & Minnie Hudson
John & Judith Rock, $250
The employees of Homemakers Furniture Co., $250
Evelyn York, $500 in memory of husband & son
Charles Colson, $100
John Bantsolas, $30
The Book Club, $100
Jeff Reitzel, $100
Kim Spears, $300
Julius Tucker, $35
George Hall, $25
Nathan Artley, $25
Frank Leader, $100
Gary Jones, $50
Norman Coltrane, $300
Carlene Dennison, $300
James Halstead, $40
Linda Hargis, $25 in memory of Michael Hargis
George W. Glann Jr. & Elisabeth Glann, $100
William Jackson, $100
Cynthia Ellis, $100
Robert Thompson, $200
Betty Beal, $70
Mary J. & Polly Bryant, $100
Maureen Snowden, $100
Gladys Bobbitt, $10
Charles Pimble, retired, $125
Kon Y. Lee, $100
Carolyn Locklear, $15
Gloria Lewis, $20
Maurice Harris, $100
Rivan Harter, $25
Nancy Johnson, $20
Laura Kamionka, $100
Phillip Moore, $50
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Redman, $25
Alton Burns, $70
Robin Davenport, $100
WJ Brittingham, $5
Carl Williams, $100
Sherry Ferguson, $100
Shabbir Basrai, $710
Rick Dreibelbis, $250
David Miller, $100
Ray Linville, $75
Emma Ford, $50
Betty J. Caviness, $200
Robert Stewart, $85
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Bates, $50
Brunhilde Cook, $50
Alberta McKoy, $75
Mr. & Mrs. Conrad Swick, $100
Stephanie Boyles, $130
Nathaniel Adams, $100
John May, $100
William Melvin, $30
Joanna Caruso, $200
William's Construction, $25
Ruby Thomas, $100
Mrs. Samuel Poole, $20
John Melick, $20
Dr. & Mrs. James Pilgrim, $100
Vincent Gebhard, $25
Gore Built Homes Inc., $200
Jon Rindfleisch, $100
Cheryl Clark, $30
Gathael Wood, $25
Patricia Forbes, $25
Pat Johnstone, $10
Laura Figures, $25
Roger Chavis, $100
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Parsons, $30
Clifton Francisco, $20
James Jackson, $15
Marjorie Hendrix, $100
Roland Skora, $10
Barry Simmons, $25
James Elliott Jr.,. $35
Judith McDermott, $25
Paul Neal, $1,000
Robert Kern, $50
Jerry Mclean, $40
Mr. & Mrs. John Adams, $20
Kathan Locklear, $15
John Fletcher, $12
Ronald Huffman, $45
Mara Ramos, $30
Bennie Glover, $25
Keith Wright, $100
Daniel Davis, $100
Barbara Ursich, $100
Leland Dubois III, $30
Bradley Bennett, $100
Mrs. Ira Wolfe, $200
Plino Perez, $10
John Lund, $50
Joanne Conoly, $25
N. Carol Wheeldon, $50
George Venet, $100
Birgit Yetter, $50
Mildred McIver, $50
Trang Pham, $25
William & Penny Abernathy, $250
Bruce Fensley, $10
Ruby Davis, $20
Thelda Connelly, $50
Patsi D'Alpe, $10 in memory of Granny & Eddie
Ronald Hodul, $25
Cecil Mae Hatcher, $100
Doris Lane, $15
Margaret Owen, $30
Frank Roofe, $50
Sandra Wieland, $50
Dian Moore, $100
James Boles Jr., $100
Jerome Johnson, $25
James Ambler, $100
Michael Blair, $35
John Brunson, $25
Dorothy Hughes, $50
Bob Petroski, $25
Maria Chavez, $40
Greg Byrd, $200
Robert Haywood, $25
Wendell Samuel, $200
Glenn Flinchum, $50
Annie Walton, $50
Nidia Colon, $60
Honey Paoni, $20
Rosie Jones, $50
Strouse Elemiel, $100
Tyrone Bethune, $500
All American Sanitation LLC, $600
Jean Thomas, $10
Virginia Brammer, $25
Luis Lugo, $50
Peggy Gearheart, $25
Raeford Coats, $100
William & Rebecca Greene, $25
Isabella Parrott, $30
Michelle Currin, $15
Dusty Grice, $50
Berline Thompson, $50
Michael Shields, $20
Larry Moore, $5
Elsa Straughn, $20
Roswitha Wiatr, $25
Billy Bailey, $20
Neal Musselwhite, $100
Anna Goins, $50 in honor of Edward Goins
Bertram Hall, $300
Percy Gwinn, $100
William T. Currie, $300
Dr. Judith Curtis, $10
Virginia Williams, $20
Paul Cunningham, $50
Matthew Ristau, $35
Noreda Hess, $50
Robert Gilstrap, $50
Martica Spake, $75
Renee Reed, $50
Karen & Gene Simmons, $25
Retired Command Sgt. Maj. Harry A. Reed Jr., $600
Katherine Wheeler, $200
Mary Ussery, $25
Darrell Wenger, $25
Donna Bartrip, $25
Alfred Mckinney, $40
Rae Williams, $50
Shirley Blanding, $20
Ann Suehr, $200
Dr. Philip Kirol, $35
Nettie Hayes Miller, $130
Carolyn Sumrell, $200
Dennis Carter, $300
Garry & Lynn Winebarger, $500
Stewart, $100
Mary Wicker, $100
George Dozier, $10
David Beshlin, $40
Walter McCullough, $20
Don & Linda Warren, $25
Hildegard Whittington, $100
Joe & Jackie Darden, $100
Brenda Melvin, $20
Keith Greene, $50
Edward Hostetter, $30
Mark Hathaway, $50
Mashelle Bradford, $30
Russell Smith, $40
Gregory Arrington, $110
John Tucker, $250
Barbara Miller, $100
Joan Bruno, $50
Leo Locklear, $50
Thomas Liedig, $100
Stella Wooten, $10
Mark & Patricia Voetsch, $100
Janice Dachille, $25
Joseph Deweese, $250
Betty Pinkney, $100
Jim & Dorothy Blanchard, $50
Edith Averette, $10
John Staunton, $25
Frank Weaver, $100
Tamara Fore, $50
Henry Winecker, $75
Karen Odom, $100
Clark & Sally Valentiner, $50
Thomas Swantkowski, $100
Sybil Little, $50
Charles Perry, $10
Marlene Schaefer, $35
Joseph Lilly, $10
Billy King, $55
Sara White, $25
Jill Crane, $25
Bruce Williams, $25
Larry McGill, $55
Maynard Knapp, $50
R.J. Guyon, $250
Donald Tortorice, $50
Robin Rich, $10
Nancy Seitz, $100
Teresa Robson, $75
Ray Rzaca, $50
Charles Carraway, $20
Charity Comer, $20
Anita Adcock,$20
Lucy Daniels, $20
Karen Stone, $25
Phyllis Benton, $20
Robert Vaughn, $250
Janet Leatherdale, $15
Ronnie Wilson, $20
Katrina Gamble, $50
Jamie Smith, $20
Celina Reyes, $5
William Wright, $20
Lillian Rutherford, $35
Sarah Reid, $50
Marshall Bowen, $50
Charles Webb, $100
Merilee Ventura, $1,000
John Pope, $30
Sarah Daniels, $10
Adrianne Kessler, $20
Patricia Powell, $50
Bill Devault, $100
Herman Cogdell, $10
Richard Lawson, $50
Debra Blackman, $100
Vicky Locklear Rincon, $100
Shirley Flaherty, $100
Kimberly Cofiori, $200
Joan Smith, $35
Betty Hunt, $101
James Geiger, $500
Gearlean Phillips, $50
Roosevelt McPherson, $5
Linda Vaughn, $10
Kenneth Cooper, $25
Stephanie Meaza, $50
Rafael James, $60
Ryan Guerrero, $100
Robert Bleecker, $100
Mrs. James Herron, $200
Raymond Hedges, $20
Stephen & Patricia Runkle, $250 in memory of Dick & Mariel Runkle
Sandy Boreman, $10
Jeffrey Rogers, $20
Anonymous: $14,096
Today's total: 51,009
Grand total for 2023: $159,264.75
This article originally appeared on The Fayetteville Observer: Bill Shaw Salvation Army Christmas Fund raises thousands in 2023
