More contributions pour in for Community Christmas Tree party

BLUEFIELD — Contributions to the Community Christmas Tree continued to soar Friday with donations of $3,343.

That brings this year’s total-to-date to $28,996. The campaign surpassed this year’s goal of $25,000 on Thursday. Plans are now being finalized for Tuesday’s big party at the Bluefield City Auditorium on Stadium Drive.

Sponsored by the Bluefield Daily Telegraph, the Community Christmas Tree program provides a gift bag filled with toys, fruit, a treat, a book, a pair of gloves and a toboggan to hundreds of area children each year.

This year’s party will be held Tuesday from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Bluefield City Auditorium on Stadium Drive.

Those who would like to contribute to the Community Christmas Tree program can mail donations to: Bluefield Daily Telegraph, c/o Community Christmas Tree, P.O. Box 1599, Bluefield, W.Va., 24701 or drop them off at the Daily Telegraph office on Bluefield Avenue. Checks should be made payable to the Community Christmas Tree Fund.

Friday’s contributions

In honor of my father, Ben H. Williams, one of the founders of the Community Tree by Barbara Anne Lilly ....................$100.00

In memory of our grandaughter, Peyton Blue Emrich by Bobby & Anita Ratliff ...$100.00

In memory of Mom & Dad, Buddie, Sissy & Berlin from Ruby Christian ............$100.00

Thomas & Wilma Owens .......................................$25.00

In loving memory of Sookie & Cheessie by D. and MJ .....................................$100.00

West Virginia Dept of Highways ....................$173.00

Chad Kammer Brady ..$25.00

Sarah Kammer Brady .$25.00

Caroline Rose Kammer .......................................$25.00

Kat Anne Kammer ......$25.00

Charles Neal ...............$25.00

In memory of the families of Al & Etta Litz, John & Jennie Royall, & Orrin Hillman .....................................$300.00

In celebration of the birth of Jeremiah Kadar .............$20.00

Justin & Logan Lightfoot .......................................$25.00

In memory of Harry Hartwell & Harry Allen Hartwell by Joyce ............................$20.00

In memory of my husband, James C. Vance, our home state is WV by Shirley Vance, Scottsbluff NE ...............$25.00

In memory of my parents: Ruth & Cecil Bond ........$50.00

In memory of Douglas Jerry Jones ..........................$100.00

Mary Eatmon $100.00

In honor of our sons Taylor & Bryce Bulson .................$30.00

Greg & Cheryl Dominguez .....................................$200.00

For Kellie by Annette Caldwell .......................................$50.00

In memory of Jennings & Elizabeth Lockhart of Tazewell by Sam Lester & Ruth Kendrick .....................................$500.00

In memory of Alex King & Jean King ....................$200.00

In memory of Dad, Alfred H. Bailey ..........................$100.00

In memory of Kenneth Woodall, David Mathew Hall, & Robert Dale Woodall .....$25.00

In loving memory of my mother Amanda Thornton and brother J.C. Morgan by Bernice Long ..............................$25.00

Campbell's Auto Service Center Inc., Robert & June Campbell ...................$250.00

Kelli Harshbarger ......$600.00



Today’s total .........$3,343.00

Previous total......$25,653.00

Total-to-date........$28,996.00

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