Richmond Christmas Mother Fund reaches $308,847

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.

Because there will be no printed paper on Dec. 25 and Jan. 1, Christmas Mother donations will be published in the Sunday and Tuesday papers for those two weeks.

Donations will be accepted and published through the end of January.

• Previously reported — $298,738.42
• Today’s gifts — $10,109
• Grand total — $308,847.42
• John Duke and Darien Fisher-Duke — $50
• Ethnie and Mark Jones, in honor of Ruth Small and in memory of Errol Dennis Small Jr. — $1,000
• Dennis Smith, in memory of my beloved grandparents, James E. and Sallie Mae House of South Hill — $40
• Rud and Linda Moore, in memory of Omi and Nana from Linda, Rud, Rutherford, Ali and Stewart — $200
• Lloyd Osgood, in honor of my mother, Twyla Kulp, who loves Christmas and does so much for so many throughout the year — $250
• Corell and Thurston Moore, in memory of Lindsay and Brent Halsey — $500
• In memory of Barb, Dick, Shirl and Bob — $100
• Ethan Jackson and Sarah Porter — $100
• RWC III, in loving memory of EBH, JWH, FSC and RWC — $400
• Tom — $500
• Ethnie and Mark Jones, in memory of Drs. William and Evora Jones, and in honor of and in gratitude for Dr. Lydia Jones Johnson — $1,000
• Monica and Craig Cotman — $50
• Jane C. Tarsovich, in gratitude for and in honor of our neighbor, the Richmond Christmas Mother, Lydia Johnson — $250
• The Tucker Family, in memory of our parents and grandparents — $200
• Lynn and Jack Berry, in honor of Dr. Lydia Johnson and Kenneth Johnson — $150
• Pam and Fred Palmore, given in thanksgiving for our children and grandchildren — $250
• Judy and Wilson Flohr, in honor of Dr. Lydia Johnson — $100
• Mary Anne White, in memory of my brother, Bob — $100
• Joan Rountree, in honor of the Richmond Christmas Mother, Lydia Johnson — $100
• Scott and Janine Davila — $100
• Anonymous — $500
• The Kulesza Family, in memory of Kim Ney — $250
• GTO of Richmond and Old Dominion Car Clubs — $305
• Tim Stewart, in honor of Beth, my wife of 50 years — $250
• McGuire Boyd, in honor of family and friends, past and present — $250
• In honor of Lydia Johnson — $100
• Dr. Bob Archuleta, in memory of Dr. Felice Archuleta and Dr. Christine Archuleta — $100
• In memory of Lloyd Hundley Morgan, “Win a gift, give a gift,” from B.J. and Chris Trinite — $25
• In memory of Gustave “Gus” Marinius Heiss, “Thank you for being nice to me,” from B.J. and Chris Trinite — $25
• In memory of Lou Martin and “RB” Bennington, two of Richmond’s most colorful salesmen, from B.J. and Chris Trinite — $50
• In memory of friends who have passed away far too early: Dennis Doherty, Les Kelley, Kenny Stein, “Deacon” Brown and Everette D. “Big E” Smith, from B.J. and Chris Trinite — $100
• In memory of deceased members of the Douglas Southall Freeman High School Class of 1970, from B.J. and Chris Trinite — $50
• In memory of my parents, Sara and Bunkie Trinite, from Chris Trinite — $100
• In memory of my parents, Janice and Bob Hollowell, from B.J. Trinite — $100
• Virginia Credit Union, matching gift in honor of VACU board member Brian Jackson and 2024 Richmond Christmas Mother Dr. Lydia Jones Johnson — $1,000
• Saint James Armenian Church Women’s Guild — $150
• Sally Ayers, in honor of the best daughters-in-law, Lois, Marie and Erin — $100
• Susan K. Stoneman, in memory of Mattie, my magical Schipperke — $200
• Doug Warren, in memory of Briggs Elliot, for all of his generosity to the SAE fraternity at Randolph-Macon College — $100
• Dr. and Mrs. James Dageford — $50
• Reed and Scott Harrison — $539
• Colleen Callahan — $25
• John McGinty, in memory of my mother, Mary B. McGinty — $50
• In loving remembrance of Martha Gordon Wallace Michael, by her beloved grandchildren, Will, Michael, Tyler, Anna, Sophie and Molly; and by Martha, Wythe, Karen and Lee and G.W. — $50
• Mr. and Mrs. Gordon F. Penick III, in memory of loved ones — $200