Share the Season helps mom get back on her feet
Share the Season is an annual campaign that offers one-time aid to people affected by unforeseen hardships. The people are not identified to protect their privacy.
Since the beginning of November, expenses have been piling up for this single Wichita mom.
Her father died earlier this year, leaving her and her teenage daughter on their own. The loss of her father set her back on paying her bills.
She wrote on her Share the Season application that she needed “to get back on my feet. I will appreciate all the help. I am still working, just need to catch up.”
She learned about Share the Season online.
She said she was glad for the help to pay her electric bills.
“It’s definitely going to help out with Christmas this year,” she said. “It’s great. I wish other people would get it, too.”
Share the Season is a joint project of The Eagle, the Wichita Community Foundation and the Salvation Army.
So far this season, it has raised more than $226,750.
Send contributions to Share the Season at the Wichita Community Foundation, 301 N. Main, Suite 100, Wichita, KS 67202. To donate online, go to www.sharetheseason.org. If you have questions about donating, call 316-264-4880.
Among recent donors:
Marty and Cheryl Benoit; Max and Nina Eberhart; Michael and Cynthia Johnston; Mike McCandless in honor of his father; Norb Shroyer; Oatman Family Charitable Fund at the Wichita Community Foundation; Pamela Johnson in memory of Jerry Johnson; Pamela Roney in honor of Neil and Curt Riggs.
Patricia Butin in memory of Walker Butin; Patrick Canaday; Paul and Sandra Cook; Perfekta Aerospace; Presbyterian Woman-First Presbyterian Church; R. Keith and Ilene Miers; Randall and Catherine Scheltgen; Raymond and Donna Schroeder in memory of Shanda Denny; Rick and Lori Hilts in memory of Jim and Edla Hilts; Robert and Becky Richardson in honor of Glenn and Jane Richardson.
Robert and Rita Benoit; Robert B. and Nancy J. Schwan Foundation; Shelly and Cameron Prichard in honor of the Wichita Community Foundation Staff; Sherri Lichtenberger; Stanley and Sharon Brady; Steven and Janet Hamous; Steven Robl; Textron Aviation Employees Uplift Fund; Thomas and Myra Devlin; Tony Blake; W.S. and Janice Tatman in memory of Marjorie Mitchell.
Anonymous in honor of Bob and Barbara Fizer; anonymous in honor of Harold and Cathy Hellman; anonymous in honor of their parents; anonymous in honor of Trecie Mathews; anonymous in memory of Carolyn Donlevy Black; anonymous in memory of Darin Compton; anonymous in memory of Eugene Muellerd and Marcia Dollison; anonymous in memory of Maxine Heimerman; anonymous in memory of Rita K. Knapp; and 41 anonymous donors.
This story was originally published December 23, 2016 at 1:02 PM with the headline "Share the Season helps mom get back on her feet."