ADVERTISER CHRISTMAS FUND
Foundation will match your donation twofold
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Advertiser Staff
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation has pledged to match and double cash donations to The Advertiser's 2002 Christmas Fund.
The money raised through The Christmas Fund goes to Helping Hands Hawai'i, which works with more than 170 agencies assisting the needy across Hawai'i with goods and services.
This year, The Weinberg Foundation will double monetary donations to The Advertiser's Fund and KITV's "Adopt a Family" program up to $100,000, according to Helping Hands Hawai'i executive director Brian Schatz.
This means Helping Hands will receive, for example, $100 from the Weinberg Foundation for a $50 donation to either program.
Helping Hands Hawai'i • Our anonymous Santa will match the first $25 of all contributions. • Donations to the Christmas Fund can also be dropped off at First Hawaiian Bank branches statewide. To donate canned food or household goods, call the Helping Hands Hawai'i Community Clearinghouse at 536-7234.
"This kind of generosity of spirit is what we need at this critical time of year," Schatz said. "Many of our families are struggling, and The Weinberg Foundation has really stepped up as a community leader."
• Mail checks payable to The Advertiser Christmas Fund to:
P.O. Box 17328
Honolulu, HI 96817
For more than 10 years, a generous member of the community who wants to remain anonymous has matched the first $25 of each donation to The Advertiser's Christmas Fund. Last year alone, our anonymous Santa donated more than $28,000 to the Christmas Fund. Our anonymous Santa will continue to match the first $25 of each donation to The Advertiser's Fund.
The Weinberg Foundation recently said it will match every dollar, up to $200,000, donated to the Salvation Army red kettle drive.
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of Jeanette Weinberg.
