Gift cards, holiday dinners: How Holiday Helping Hand is assisting Dutchess residents
The Holiday Helping Hand fundraising drive is underway again.
Each year, the Poughkeepsie Journal and United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region raise funds for Dutchess County programs that assist local kids and families in having a happy holiday season through gift card giveaways, breakfasts with Santa and holiday dinners.
The funds raised go toward the following holiday season's programs. That means the donations received last year are enabling programs to function this year. However, it also means your generosity is needed now to help families through the 2024 holiday season.
To donate, visit uwdor.org/hhh23 or mail a check to Holiday Helping Hand, United Way of the Dutchess-Orange Region, 75 Market St., Poughkeepsie, NY 12601. Checks should be made payable to Holiday Helping Hand.
All donations go directly to Dutchess County organizations to serve those in need.
From Nov. 17-30, the following donations have been made to the 2023-24 Holiday Helping Hand campaign, totaling $3,951.56:
Anonymous, $25.66
Anonymous, $102.65
Natalie & Chris Thorsen, $51.32
Paul Rich, $50
Anonymous, $50
Annonymous, $100
Philip & Frances Shepherd, $100
Gerald & Helene Lutz, $50
In Memory of Dorthy & Alden Traver, From Charlie Traver, $100
Andrew & Kristine MacDonald, $100
Allan L Haines, $50
In Memory of Jerry & Shirley Delaney and Chris Hunt, Jr, From Michael & Debra Brown, $100
Anonymous, $5
In Memory of Dominick & Helen Palmeri From Norbert & Maryanne Hart, $25
Ann S Mercer, $50
In Memory of Our Parents Lorraine & Bob Goeway, and Bea & Mike Grega, from Linda Stow & Vincent Grega, $100
Dorothy Tervenski, $50
Nancy Ann Krisniski, $25
Shirley & Richard Granda, $50
In Memory of Erin Shanley, From Valerie Shanley, $100
Philip & Frances Shepherd, $100
The Lunch Bunch, $50
Anonymous, $100
Anonymous, $100
Edgar & Phyllis Stamy, $25
Anonymous, $16
In Loving Memory of Our Daughter, From Richard & Elizabeth Dorsey, $100
Anonymous, $100
In Memory of Emma L Whitehead, $25
In Memory of Our Parents, From L.K. & Girjesh Parashar, $75
Karen and Jim O'Brien, $153.98
Shirley & Richard Granda, $40
Anonymous, $256.64
In Memory of Erin Shanley, From Valerie Shanley, $100
Anonymous, $25
Bernard & Shirley Handel, $150
In Memory of Olive H Doty, From Cynthia Doty Stirling, $50
John & Barbara Marmillo, $100
In Memory of my husband, Gerald C Becker, and Daughter, Betsy M Mulder, From Margie Becker, $100
In Memory of R. Trueman Witherwax, From Dorothy Witherwax, $25
Anonymous, $50
Anonymous, $50
John & Harriet Furey, $250
In Memory of T-Bone, From Anonymous, $20
In Memory of My Husband Vince Libretti, From Rose Libretti, $100
Frank & Rose Van Zanten, $300
Kathy Hogan
As of Nov. 16, the following donations have been made to the 2023-24 Holiday Helping Hand campaign, totaling $1,680.25:
In Memory of Chloe Rose Evans and Jim Swenson, from Patricia Evans, $25
David and Jo Lynne Johnson, $100
Church Communities Foundation, $1030.25
William and Geraldine Browne, $25
Charles A. Pellegrino, $500
This article originally appeared on Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: Holiday Helping Hand: How to donate to Dutchess County charities