A mother asks for your help at Christmastime.
She moved to the area last year and had a good job and nice home. She lost her job earlier this year, however, and things have gone downhill.
"I had to move into the Salvation Army shelter," she writes, "and my son has changed schools three times. He is why I am asking for assistance. I won't have much money, if any, for Christmas, but my son hasn't complained at all. He is only 5 years old. I need your help in providing my son a Christmas this year."
The Augusta Chronicle's Empty Stocking Fund has helped people in need for 78 years. Last year, the charity raised a record-breaking $123,000, which went to more than 1,776 families.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
Empty Stocking Fund donations are tax-deductible. To contribute:
- Mail donations to The Augusta Chronicle's Empty Stocking Fund, P.O. Box 1928, Augusta, GA 30903-1928.
- Drop off donations at the cashier's office at The Chronicle News Building, 725 Broad St., weekdays from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; and at the Columbia County Bureau, Publix shopping center, 4272 Washington Road, Suite 3B, weekdays from 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
- Make donations online at augustachronicle.com/emptystocking.
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