A single mother, battling breast cancer, received an eviction notice after falling behind on her rent. With two small children and continuing health problems, she was forced to turn to various agencies for financial help.
The Empty Stocking Fund provided $300 toward her past due balance and helped the struggling family stay in their home.
The Empty Stocking fundraising campaign is held during the holidays, but the money collected isn?t used for toys or gifts. It?s only to help needy families with rent, power bills, heating costs, medical needs and other necessary expenses.
The purpose of the fund is to assist local people who can?t be helped by other charities or need more aid than those charities can provide. Since checks are only written to vendors, not individuals, all recipients have been referred to the fund by area agencies.
Donors last year gave $54,479 to the Athens Banner-Herald Empty Stocking Fund and a list of those appears in the Banner-Herald each Sunday.
To donate, send checks payable to the Athens Banner-Herald Empty Stocking Fund to the Athens Banner-Herald at P.O. Box 912, Athens, GA 30603.
Credit card donations can be made by logging onto www.onlineathens.com and following a link to the ?Empty Stocking? donations page, or by calling the Banner-Herald at (706) 559-7142.
Agency referrals must be emailed to emptystocking@onlineathens.com.
For additional information, call (706) 208-2241.
Source: http://onlineathens.com/local-news/2012-12-26/empty-stocking-fund-pays-rent-mom-breast-cancer
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