Richmond Christmas Mother Fund reaches $178,258

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.

In 2023, the program raised more than $358,000.

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.

Donations to the Richmond Christmas Mother Fund are fully tax deductible. The program is a qualified 501©(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 Times-Dispatch and on Richmond.com. The Wednesday list contains donations received through noon on Tuesday; the Sunday list contains donations received through noon on Friday, except for those that included a request for publication on a future date.

Previously reported — $140,471.25

Today’s gifts — $37,787.17

Grand total — $178,258.42

On behalf of the families of Town and Country Cotillion and in appreciation of the 2024 Richmond Christmas Mother, Dr. Lydia Jones Johnson — $4,905

The Fatherree Foundation, in memory of John C. Kenny and in honor of all of the Codds, Urbans, Whitfields and Kennys — $1,000

Anne M. James, in honor of Juanna Hayes — $100

Merry Christmas to Dinky and Meade, from The Kids — $100

Rebecca Alberti, in memory of Clinton Miller III and Howard Lawrence Jr — $125

Rebecca Adams, in memory of my mother, Anita Walsh Walker — $50

Mike and Pattie Kennedy, in memory of our granddaughter, Amelia — $100

In loving memory of Howard Jenkins, from his devoted family — $200

In honor of my wonderful clients, past, present and future. With gratitude, Patti Ryan — $200

In memory of Betsy Humphrey — $200

In loving memory of our wonderful friend, Janet Harvey Trivette, whose generous heart and beautiful spirit will always inspire us. From the JHT Hen Party Society Society: Nancy Armstrong and Gary Miller, Paige Bartholomew, Len East, Swannee Ericson, Laura Ferguson, Connie Gottwald, Linda Hyslop, Elly Lewis, Nancy McCandlish, Anne Nelson Morck, Kaki Nelson, Laura Phelan, Sallie Thalhimer, Kathy Watson and Martha Young — $1,400

Valerie and Miles Cary, in loving memory of Dr. William Deep and Ann Cary — $200

Lucy B. Meade, in loving memory of Edwin B. Meade Jr — $100

Anne Gordon Curran, in memory of dear family members at Christmas: Richard and Caroline Cooke, Denny and Carol Holland, Sean Curran, Charles Curran and Sarah and Jim Picton — $300

Rosemary M. Davenport, in loving memory of Ed, from his family — $100

Peggy and Don Siegel, in honor of Dr. Lydia Jones Johnson and family — $500

Maggie Menard, in memory of Robert Menard — $25

Becky and John Clarke — $500

Randall Street, remembering Buck and Walter — $200

Norma Kienel — $150

In memory of Brenda Wells Parker, from Kendall Parker and family — $100

Bobbie and Jim Ukrop — $1,000

Ken and Bobbie Willard, in loving memory of Louise Willard, Ruth Smith and our fur babies who have passed; and in honor of our great-grandson, Sonny, and great-granddaughter, Legare — $100

William B. Reynolds, in memory of Dr. William E. Holland — $100

E. Hunter Thompson Jr., in memory of Mason, Mason Taylor, Leighton, Tony and David — $250

In memory of my parents, Virginia Peyton Brown Lawson and Robert Wiliam Lawson Jr., from Fontaine B. Lawson and Sally W. Lawson — $300

Ruth J. Hill, in loving memory of William Maury Hill and William Maury Hill Jr., from their family — $500

Evelyn Bryson, in memory of Gilbert Bryson, Bobby Martin and my mother and brother, Dorothy and Bob Martin — $100

Dale Cannady, in memory of Linda T. Cannaday — $200

Dorothy C. Deaner, in memory of my mother, Ann Copley — $100

Women of St. Stephen’s Church — $50

Mr. and Mrs. James H. Starkey III, in honor of Adrienne, Inger and Cathy, and in memory of Jack, Richard and Jim — $250

Anne Harrison Murchison, In honor of Sally C. Harrison and Harrison Lewis — $100

Zelda and Paul Silver, in honor of all of the metro area first responders — $250

Stephen and Jennifer Carroll — $250

Peggy Valentine, in memory of my husband, Henry L. Valentine II — $500

John and Carol Carlyle — $100

John D. Williford and Virginia Hamm, in memory of our parents, John and Pearl Williford — $100

Sally and Charley Ayers, in honor of our boys and grandchildren and in memory of family members and loved ones — $150

Wishing you the joy of Christmas, from Ann, Betty and Boonie — $200

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Trak — $75

Walt and Linda Smiley, in honor of Tommy, Emma and Heron — $300

Gregory D. Blake — $100

Diane and Frank Atkinson — $500

In memory of my beloved wife, Catherine Maxwell Oakes, from Bob Oakes — $300

In memory of Lain and Jeri, from Lyn — $50

In memory of my parents, Bob and Mary Goodykoontz, from Buddy — $100

Mr. and Mrs. James E. Cain, in loving memory of Ronald A. and Susan S. Cain — $500

Bonnie Winn, in memory of my parents, Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Winn — $50

Reginald Barley — $200

In memory of Harold G. Bell Jr., from Mildred, Brent, Andrea, Charlie, Jack and Brent — $100

In memory of Duck and in honor of the Thursday Lunch Group, from Cary, Randy and Jack — $100

Bernard and Jodi Kraus, in memory of Margaret Selover — $200

Shankers Golf Group, in memory of our brothers, Charles Bice, Bo Bowles, Joe Brockman, Henry Massie, Terry Parsley, Malcolm Randolph, John Waddell, Lang Gibson, Tom Farrell, Richard Manson, Bob Brydon, Lain O’Ferrall and Sidney Davenport — $500

Marty and Jim Easton, in memory of Martha M. Pollard, Robert N. Pollard Jr. and Bobby Pollard — $250

Mr and Mrs. J. Scott Carreras — $250

Jacqueline Overton, in honor of my daughters, Tiffany, Tanicia, and Chantelle, and my grandchildren, J’Niya, Alexis, J’Mauri, Myasia, Sebastian, and Elijah — $200

The Schroder Family — Ted, Greg, Kirk, and Janine (Jeff), in loving memory of Gloria Schroder — $100

Bob and Linda Knisely — $100

In loving memory of Will Selden, with love from Mom — $500

Old People Council, in memory of Nani, Doug and Sis. Thank you for many years of love and fun times — $100

The Starnes Family, in honor of Lydia and all those in the Christmas Mother Family who make this holiday season more wonderful for so many Richmond residents — $400

Bruce and Janet Willis, in memory of loved ones — $100

Andy and Dick Bennett, In memory of parents, grandparents, Mary and Ted, and friends Ben, Jan, and Ron — $250

John Warkentin — $500

Cary Gill, In memory of Bee and George — $250

Happy Hokie, to the glory of the latest gridiron victory over the Hoos — $37.17

Bill and Sandy Carli, in memory of David Carli — $100

Ellen Johnson, in memory of Randy Johnson — $250

In memory of Kevin Beale, from the Westwood Fountain lunch friends, Jamie, Jim, Mike, Owen and Rick — $50

Cheyenne, Carl and Vaughan, In memory of our mother and grandmother, Joyce Henderson, who was a great role model, and in honor of Dr. Lydia Johnson, the Richmond Christmas Mother for 2024 — $300

In honor of Dr. Lydia Jones Johnson and all Richmond Christmas Mothers, from the Harrigans — $750

Ken and LaTrice Ampy, in honor of our mothers Vivian and Gloria, from Ken and LaTrice — $1,500

Anonymous — $100

Mary Anne White, in memory of Bob and Mary Anne White — $100

Group of Mothers from Veritas School, in support of and gratitude for the good work of The Salvation Army of Central Virginia to bring love and gifts to girls and boys in Richmond at Christmastime — $275

Anne and Mark Burnett, to the memory of Will Selden — $50

The Boone Family, in honor of Dr. Evora Williams Jones and the entire Jones/Johnson family — $200

Susan and David Monday, in honor of our friends, Vicki and Walter Hurt — $100

Mr. and Mrs. Van Dyke Jones II — $200

Secret Santa, in honor of the Circa team — $50

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Lambert Sr., in memory of our parents, Benjamin J. Jr. and Frances Lambert, Victoria Robinson and William W. Wright, and in honor of our Christmas Mother, Dr. Lydia J. Johnson — $250

C.T. and Moir Hill — $250

Anonymous — $100

Richard and Becca Ott, in honor of Gigi, Olive and Wills — $300

Dwight Jones — $25

Bertha W. Fleming, in loving memory of my wonderful parents and sister, Charles T. and Gertrude S. Wilson and Phyllis A. Wilson — $100

Lucinda Maddock, in memory of John — $100

For the children of Richmond — $20

Peggy and Jerry , in loving memory of Nancy Brown, and in honor of Jayne Ukrop, her sister — $200

Moses and Monique Foster — $2,500

In honor of Doris Ann Kane, THE BEST ELF. Love, Terrell — $250

Sandra Christian, in memory of our beloved husband, John W. Christian. Best father, grandfather and son. Oh, how he loved Christmas! — $250

Virginia Credit Union, matching gift — $1,000

Donald and Chena Butler, remembering John Allison, June Miller and Larry Parker — $500

Patricia Sauer, in memory of my parents, Betsy Seward Wilshire and Edwin B. Totty Jr — $200

Conrad F. Sauer IV, in memory of Mother, Daddy, Matt and Mark — $200

Kevin and Katy Nicholson — $2,500

Cynthia Erdahl, in memory of my parents, Frances and Gerald O.T. Erdahl — $100

Sandy, Louise, Charlie, Shepard and Bo Williamson, in memory of Tommy Williamson — $500

In honor of my twin angels, Laura and Christopher. Love you both! — $100

In loving memory of my parents, Albert and Julia Skavicus. I miss you every day — $100

In memory of the 2006 Christmas Mother, True Luck, and our father, Charles Luck, III. Our Christmas Mother every year. Love always, Terrell, Elliott, True, Elise and Ravenel — $1,000

Joy Blauvelt, in memory of Charlotte Ward and Barbara Pinter — $100

The Tanner Family, with love in memory of Robert Tanner — $500

Anonymous — $1,000

Andrea and Stephen Miller, in loving memory of Julie Walden — $200

Mary Carter and Todd Dabney, in loving memory of Joanie Robins — $100

Michael Spinelli, in memory of my wife Linda Spinelli — $50