Richmond Christmas Mother reports $10,889 in gifts to launch season

In 2024, the Richmond Christmas Mother Fund received gifts totaling $377,319.42.

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.

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 Thursday.

Previously reported — $0

Today’s gifts — $10,888.89

Grand total — $10,888.89

The Commonwealth Women’s Club — $150

Ashley Hogue Van der Waag and family, in honor of my mom, the Christmas Mother — $1,000

Marjorie N. Grier, in honor of Mary Jane Hogue — $250

Troy and Suzanne Mashburn — $200

Leigh and Richard, in honor of Lowell and Lenora — $250

Ann Watts, in honor of my great nieces, Sophia and Ruby, and my great nephews, Rhett, Jake and Hunter — $125

Anonymous — $100

Anonymous, in memory of Shack — $100

Unity of Richmond — $313.89

Yancey and Jane Jones, thank you for the good work you support — $2,000

Gretchen S. Hassell — $1,000

From the Gaglio Family, past and present, to support this year’s Christmas Mother Fund — $500

William Richardson — $200

Dixie and Cam Hogan, in memory of our mothers and in honor of all Christmas Mothers, past and present — $200

Anne Prince — $250

Margaret D. Bowles — $100

Jeffrey W. Swallen — $100

William G. and Suzanne Broaddus, in honor of our daughters, Suzanne and Elizabeth, and their families. — $500

Linda Rigsby, in honor of and with gratitude for Mary Jane Hogue, an exceptional Christmas Mother — $200

Cynthia and Shep Haw — $1,200

Judith Oumedian — $50

Linda and Richard Costanzo, in honor of Mary Jane Hogue — $500

Barbara B. Burrows and the entire Tyson Family (the “Somerset gang”), In honor of the amazing Mary Jane Hogue, our Somerset gang Queen! — $1,000

Shadowen Family, in memory of Aunt Peggy — $100

David and Jane Abbott, in honor of the community of Willway Gardens — $500