The 2025 Richmond Christmas Mother program has launched its campaign with $18,588.89 in gifts from the community. The Christmas Mother this year is Mary Jane Massad Hogue.
In 2024, the Richmond Christmas Mother Fund received gifts totaling $377,319.42.
Mary Jane Hogue is this year’s Richmond Christmas Mother.
The Times-Dispatch follows its tradition of publishing the names of donors to the Richmond Christmas Mother Fund throughout the holiday season. Your generosity helps the fund support initiatives across the region to brighten the holiday season for thousands of your neighbors.
The Times-Dispatch has sponsored the Richmond Christmas Mother program, a yearly holiday fund drive, since 1935, some of those years in partnership with the former afternoon newspaper, The Richmond News Leader.
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Donations to the Richmond Christmas Mother Fund are fully tax-deductible. The program is a qualified 501c(3) organization. All operational costs are borne by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Visit go.richmond.com/christmasmother to give online or send contributions by mail to Richmond Christmas Mother Fund, P.O. Box 25864, Richmond, VA 23260. Checks should be made payable to Richmond Christmas Mother Fund.
Donations are published in the Sunday and Wednesday editions of the newspaper through late January. Today’s listing covers contributions received as of noon on Monday.
Previously reported — $10,888.89
Today’s gifts — $7,700
Grand total — $18,588.89
Tom Obenschain — $500
David & Mary Hiltebrand — $1,000
John Duke and Darien Fisher-Duke, in honor of laid-off federal workers and the unemployed — $100
Frank and Mary Roach, in honor of Mary Jane Hogue and Mary Horton, both wonderful, kind people — $100
Justin Banks — $50
The Bowers family, in honor of Mimi, the 2004 Richmond Christmas Mother — $250
Ted Gary and the Gary family, in honor of Mary Jane Hogue — $200
Pam Grizzard Rosanelli, in honor of Mary Jane Hogue — $100
In thanksgiving for all my blessings — $500
Jodie Strum, in honor of Mary Jane Hogue — $100
Deb and Jay, to honor Mary Jane and all of the past Richmond Christmas Mothers — $250
Anne Cabot and David, to support all of the Richmond area organizations that support our neediest communities — $250
Caroline and Barnes, in honor of the work performed by Mary Jane and all of our Richmond Christmas Mothers — $250
Eleanor Rosalie Savage — $100
Anita Priddy, In memory of my husband, John. — $2,000
Alpha Delta Kappa Mu Chapter — $100
Anonymous — $100
Louise M. Preiss — $300
In honor of my five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren — $200
Edward J. Wooldridge, in memory of my wife, Beverly E. Wooldridge — $200
John Bryan and JC Gilmore-Bryan, in honor of Mary Jane Hogue — $100
Oliver and Bonnie Way, in memory of our parents, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Way III and Mr. and Mrs. Burfoot Buchanan — $100
Marcia and Harry Thalhimer, in honor of all the Christmas Mothers — $200
Anonymous — $100
In memory of Betsy Humphrey — $200
Miriam M. Hoffman, in memory of my sister — $200
Carol G. Harding, in memory of my mother, Rebecca Gibson, and my daughter, Holly Harding — $100
Jeffrey and Tobe Jacoby — $50
