Give A Christmas enters home stretch as donations exceed goal
Chris Ruvo
2020 has been a difficult year for most everyone, but some have experienced particular pain and hardship.
Like the Bucks County mother whose son was afflicted by multiple seizures in January. It took visits to multiple hospitals to determine he had a brain tumor. What followed was perilous surgery and follow-up therapy, conducted at health facilities amid the COVID-19 pandemic, that caused the mother to miss work. That job, with its time demands, ultimately became untenable, given her need to care for her son and her other children.
The hard-working woman ultimately found another position, but the hours and pay both were less. The diminished earnings, along with the onus of medical bills and paying for life’s essentials such as food and shelter, had the household budget running on fumes.
Give A Christmas enters home stretch; time to donate is now
Chris Ruvo
Now is the time to make a difference.
With less than two weeks to go to Christmas, The Intelligencer’s Give A Christmas campaign is entering the home stretch. The charitable campaign remains short of the $140,000 seasonal goal, but generous individuals, families, businesses and other organizations can change that by stepping up to donate now.
“We’re ahead of last year’s pace, but we still have a ways to go and we’re encouraging anyone who can to contribute now,” said Joseph Cuozzo, director of development at the Doylestownhead-quartered Bucks County Opportunity Council (BCOC), which administers Give A Christmas in partnership with The Intelligencer.