“Empty Stocking Fund” increased to $455 this week, doubling the amount collected in the inaugural year of the fund last year.
Three donations were received this week including one In Memory of Ned Baumbach and two anonymous gifts. Previous donors to the fund include Comfort Chapel Primitive Baptist Church, John G. Knox and Melissa Lee and an additional anonymous donor.
Money collected for the fund will be evenly distributed to assist two well-known local charities, the Pierce County Food Pantry and The Sycamore Tree.
Contributions will be accepted during the entire month of December.
Donations to the fund may be delivered from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., weekdays to The Times office at 126 NW Central Avenue, Blackshear or mailed to: Empty Stocking Fund, The Blackshear Times P.O. Box 410 Blackshear, GA 31516.
