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Baptist Health Corbin’s President Anthony Powers recently presented the Corbin Rotary Club with a check worth $6,180 for its Empty Stocking Fun. The money comes from employees, who purchase “blue jean stickers” for $2 to wear on Friday’s, said a spokesperson from the hospital. “The money is collected all year and then is used to help our employees and their families at Christmas time. We donate the extra to help our community,” said the spokesperson. In addition to presenting the ch...

Jim Ellis group helps fill stockings for children in need Photo courtesy of Jim Ellis. Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021, 02:55 PM By Auto Remarketing Staff ATLANTA -  The Empty Stocking Fund, or ESF, provides toys and gifts to disadvantaged children during the holiday season, and each year the organization distributes nearly 200,000 gift items to tens of thousands of metro Atlanta children in need. On Tuesday, Jim Ellis Automotive Group said it donated $65,000 to ESF...

Jim Ellis Automotive Group Raises $65,000 to Help Provide Toys and School Supplies for Children in Georgia Share Article The group’s donation to The Empty Stocking Fund set a record-high donation for the nonprofit, resulting in gift-giving to more than 3,000 children in the metro Atlanta area. It has been a difficult year for several families and our hope is that this contribution can help bring joy to those who need it most. ATLANTA (PRWEB) ...

Dickinson lived much of her life isolated in a single room, looking out on a cemetery. But it wasn’t her verses about death or isolation that kept floating to mind for Scott, rather it was Dickinson’s writing on hope. “’Hope’ is the thing with feathers,” the lines begin, “/ That perches in the soul / And sings the song without the words / And never stops — at all -” With that uplifting vision in mind, Scott has now given away $4,158,500,000 to organizations helping bring hope ...

Dickinson lived much of her life isolated in a single room, looking out on a cemetery. But it wasn’t her verses about death or isolation that kept floating to mind for Scott, rather it was Dickinson’s writing on hope. “’Hope’ is the thing with feathers,” the lines begin, “/ That perches in the soul / And sings the song without the words / And never stops — at all -” With that uplifting vision in mind, Scott has now given away $4,158,500,000 to organizations helping bring hope ...

FORT WALTON BEACH — Christmas for 600 children and their families in Okaloosa and Walton counties will be brighter this year thanks to the Christmas Connection Angel Tree Toy Shop Program. For more than a decade the joint program between Catholic Charities of Northwest Florida and the Salvation Army serving Okaloosa and Walton counties has been providing Christmas toys to local families in need. This year’s event is being held Wednesday and Thursday at the Salvation Army’s offices in F...

“That should encourage some people to donate,” Smith said. People may not need much encouragement. Smith initially estimated they might collect $1,000 by Dec. 23; by Monday morning the total already was more than $1,800. The overall goal of this year’s Empty Stocking Fund Drive by The News Herald and Bill Cramer Chevrolet is $190,000 for the Salvation Army to assist some 1,000 people through the holidays and the year. The grand total collected through Tuesday is $132,683.97 with 10 days ...

Article content As with other restaurants and bars in the city, the Nob at the St. Norbert Hotel has had to close due to COVID-19 restrictions. But that hasn’t stopped Gerald Lambert and the Empty Stocking Fund’s friends there from doing what they can to help others that need support during the Christmas season. The St. Norbert Hotel, which plays host to the annual Nog at the Nob fundraiser, had created a Gift Card program in support of the Christmas Cheer Board. We apologize, but this vide...

AROUND HASTINGS: Stay safe, strong and thankful Nancy Quatrano Giving thanks in all circumstances can indeed be a stretch when the circumstances are so bleak for many. However, being thankful is the key to having joy present in daily life and staying mentally strong. So, how can we be thankful in all circumstances? There’s a difference between being thankful for a situation and being thankful during a situation. Be it a personal, community, or global dark valley, we can find ways to be thankf...

A lot of people are paring down their Christmas list this year. Not Lynn Wood. She has more than 10,000 children on hers. Wood is executive director of the Empty Stocking Club, the century-old program sponsored by the Wisconsin State Journal that makes certain every child in the region receives at least one brand-new, high-quality toy at Christmastime, regardless of their family’s financial situation. The generosity of State Journal readers and others in the community make Empty Stocking p...