ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, December 28, 1996 TAG: 9612300025
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-1 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: Good Neighbors Fund
O.K. Roanoke, pop quiz: How many food groups are there? Answer: at least two, according to Friday's Good Neighbors tally.
The Lunch Bunch, a group of about 12 women, contributed jointly to the Good Neighbors Fund. After many years of being friends and sharing lunch, they decided, as one member says, "Hey, we don't need anything, let's help out people who do need something." After supporting and helping each other for so long, the Lunch Bunch decided to extend their good will to the surrounding community. So last year, as the Lunch Bunch got into the spirit of things admiring Christmas lights around Roanoke in a rented radar bus, they compiled their Good Neighbors gift in memory of a member's husband. And in memory of a member's daughter, they have given again this year.
Likewise, members of the Thursday Dinner Club directed their benevolence toward Good Neighbors, opting to donate to charity rather than exchange gifts among themselves this holiday season. Members of this club say they've been friends for years, and they enjoy doing nice things for others.
Friday's contributors included:
Dotsy and Orrin Clifton
Virginia Hopkins in honor of her teachers Marjorie Clark and Jane Hale
Isabel Hopkins in honor of her teachers Renee Campbell and Kimber Pennington, and in honor of her Girl Scout leaders Janet McDowell, Pam Kreger, Betsy Feldman, and Susan Thompson
Art and Carol Good, in memory of Robert Simpson
John and Laurie Saunders, in honor of all their friends and neighbors
Joseph and Victoria Shively, in honor of Beth Shively and Bill Rutherfoord
Thursday Dinner Club
Lora Lee Hart, in honor of her grandmother, Virginia Hart
Percy (Mack) and Louise C. Obenchain
Betty F. Guilliams, in memory of Pete Guilliams
Wendy and Bill Moore, in honor of volunteers at RAM and RAM House
Marie Hoffman, in memory of her husband Frank
The Lunch Bunch, in memory of Hunter Draper
NON-ANONYMOUS DONATIONS$770.00
ANONYMOUS DONATIONS$180.000
OTHER$265.00
SUBTOTAL$1215.00
TOTAL AS OF 12/27/96$84,938.62
Checks should be made payable to Good Neighbors Fund and mailed to The Roanoke Times, P.0. Box 1951, Roanoke 24008.
Names - but not amounts of donations - of contributing businesses, individuals or organizations, as well as memorial and honorific designations, will be listed in the newspaper. Those requesting that their names not be used will remain anonymous. If no preference is stated, the donor's name will be listed.
Gifts cannot be earmarked for any particular individual or family. Gifts are tax-deductible.
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