Contributions keep streaming into Emergency Fund

Published in the December 22, 2017 edition

MELROSE — Donations to the Melrose Emergency Fund topped the $45,000 mark this week, with three weeks to go in the annual fundraiser. Like many local businesses, Buckalew’s General Store is contributing to the fund: Owner Robin Peevey will dedicate a percentage of holiday sales to the Emergency Fund, and she has also put a donation jar in the store.

While most people hear about the Emergency Fund during the holiday season, the fund provides assistance to Melrose residents all year round. The Emergency Fund is administered by city staff, through the Mayor’s Office and the Council on Aging, as part of their regular duties. This means that 100% of donations goes to direct aid, there are no administration costs.

During this holiday fundraiser, names of the donors will be published every week. Here are the most recent donors:

• David and Kathy Driscoll

• John J. Lava, Jr.

• Anthony and Joanne Santagate

• Melrose Knights of Columbus Council #128

• The 200 Club

• Edward and Susan Hollingshead

• Erin Tighe Morgan and Sheila Tighe

• Brad Hutchinson

• Bob and Sara Linnehan

• Judy and Bob Emery, in memory of William J. Emery

• Anne Starr and Marc Norvig

• George and Lise Morrison

• Eileen Lynch and family

• Anonymous – “In memory of Marion Wilder”

• Michael and Marylou Lackett

• Maurine Garipay, in memory of Peter Garipay

• Gerald and Barbara Kerrigan

• James and Diana Reppucci

• Christa Evanson

• Mary Clark and Bernard Wideman

• Deanne and Judy Hasselbrack

• John and Judith Harris

• Charles Harak

• John E. Solie

• Charlene and John Marinelli

• Marie Wood Real Estate

• Christopher DeMayo and Penelope Jones

• Gerald and Ann Levinson

• Kathy and Dan Radley

• Mark Garabedian and Kate Lipper-Garabedian

• George and Charlotte Farraher

• Linda Croke-DiPietro

• Katherine and Dennis Collins

• Barbara and Michael Cassavoy

• Antonio Pani and Karen O’Brien

• Michael and Sue Anne Kostur

• Bruce and Joan Winslow

• Bonnie and George Strudas

• Annabelle Shields

• Karen and Lawrence Capuano

• Anne and Michael Nocito

• Rebecca and Thomas Foth

• Rachael Hayward and Margaret Hayward Wolley

• Michael and Susan Morris

• Paul and Mary Ahern

• Edith and Karen Smolens

• David and Jen McAndrew

• Charlene Weekley

• Charles Sheridan

• Michele Ford Guihan

• Eleanor and Marco Marchi

• Bart Galvin and Kathleen Sherman

• Edward and Virginia Colbert

• Robert and Gail Sherman

• Susan Cinella, in memory of Edward “Ted” Cinella

• Elaine and Jeffrey Bemis

• Nancy Schurian

• Albert and Anne Commito

• Deborah Hurley

To make a donation, send a check to Melrose Emergency Fund, Mayor’s Office, 562 Main St., Melrose, MA 02176 or bring it directly to the Mayor’s Office on the second floor of City Hall. Checks should be made out to the City of Melrose, with “Melrose Emergency Fund” in the memo line. For more information about the fund, call 781-979-4440.