SAN JOSE — Mercury News Wish Book readers are responding generously to the annual entreaty to help their neighbors in need whose stories are being told in our news sections and online this holiday season.
Through Dec. 19, readers have sent in $281,000 so far to Wish Book, which is in its 37th year of inspiring community giving. All of the money raised goes to the programs and families identified by Bay Area nonprofits, with The Mercury News covering all administrative costs of the program.
You still have the opportunity to help make life better for people whose stories have been told and to support the programs that aid them. The Wish Book articles will continue in our news sections through Dec. 31, but donations are accepted year-round. All of the stories and details about how to donate can be found online at wishbook.mercurynews.com.
Following is a partial list of Wish Book donors whose generosity we’d like to publicly acknowledge. Wish Book would also like to thank the many donors who wish to remain anonymous but whose gifts will help make a difference for so many people.
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Robert & Arlene Aguiar in honor of Matthew Aguiar
Dennis Akizuki
Lane Albanese
Gonzalo Aldana
Barbara Allen
Robert Allen
Robert Allen in honor of Annabelle
Jeffery Allyn in honor of Nathaniel and Elizabeth Allyn
Lauren Alongi
Elaine Alquist
Patricia C. Alves in honor of Joe Alves, Bill George and Ken George
Allen G. Amstutz in honor of Chuck Whiteley
Lois Anderson
Scott Angell
Leslie Anido in honor of My Family
Roberta Archibald
Mary Artibee in honor of Sarah-Ann and Brian Badenoch
Darrell Asing
Mel Ausman
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Carol Bacchetti
Jennifer Bailey
Char Balanesi
Sanjay Baldwa in honor of Dr. VS Baldwa
Jim and Judy Barbeau
Harold Barclay
Cipriano Bareng
Steven Baron in honor of Kati Goetz Baron
Jack Barone in honor of Denise and Austin Barone
Linda Barrett
Lucianna Barsanti in honor of Julie Gainey
Sharon Bartholomew
Phil Baudet
Neil Becker
Merle And Lorna Beghtel
Eugenia J. Benedetti
Catherine Bennett in honor of Alyanna
Deborah Best in honor of Chris Oreglia
Kristine Blanton
Lois Bookman
Kristine Borrison
Richard Boschert
Penelope K. Bowen
Susan Bowers in honor of Alannah
Karen Brieger in honor of Stephen Brieger
Rowan Briggs
Christine Brignani
Roger Brockmeyer
Grace Brown
Lisa Buckingham
Janet Burdick
Sherry Burns
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Barbara Callaghan
Eileen Campagna
Brian Cane
Janice Cardona in honor of Ranee Ortiz
Josephine D. Carlo
Celia Carrasco in honor of Robert & Norma Carrasco
Henry Castaniada
Rich and Maya Caudill in honor of Harriet Kawamata & Grace
William Chandler
William Chandler in honor of Rudi Dorn
Corey Chapman
Gary Cherrier
James Chiochios
G Cho in honor of SG and NS Cho
Edmund Chu
Elizabeth Cilker
Keith Clarke
Nancy Claspill-Navarro in honor of The Claspills
Margaret Clear in honor of Elsa, Holden, Natalia, and Dean
Sarah Clish in honor of Jim & Nancy Clish
Gretchen Coelho
Heidi Collins
Barbara Colyar
Christine Conklin
Linda Coon
Lydia Cooper in honor of Katherine, Bella, Alli
Susan Cope
Judith Cordano
Larry Cormier in honor of Bill Cormier
Luanne Cox
Mark Crawley in honor of Mimi Stange
Craig Creer
Deborah Crim in honor of Evelyn Tower
Marcelline Cruzen
Michael Culcasi
Connie Cunningham in honor of West Valley Community Services
Patricia Curia
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Lynne Dahms
The Dalton Family
Toni Damico
Paul Dankert in honor of Martha Dankert
Kathleen Daudistel
Beverly David in honor of The Mercury News
Linda Davidge
James Davidson
Nancy Dean
Nancy DeFever in honor of Jacquelyn Anderson
Lynn Deglin
Margaret Delamere in honor of BruceJon
Katie Dent
Galen/Hans DeWeerdt in honor of Alannah Clayton
Phyllis Di Salvo
Pat Diamond
Mario Dianda
Virginia Dickens
John Dickinson in honor of Jenny Dickinson
DiFrancesco Charitable Fund
Sandra DiGiulio
Vu Doan in honor of Walepac D
Kathy Doi
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James Eakin
Barry Eberly
Norman Ebersole
Judith Edringhten
Eugene Ely in honor of Florence Ely
Anna S. Enfantino
Darcy Escovedo
Kirsten Espe
Maria Etheredge
Karen Eustis
Sue Evanicky in honor of The Boutique looks lovely. Wishing you much success.
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Michael Fallon
Colette Farabaugh
Stan Farkas
Lyn Faust
Janet Fee in honor of Mary & Ernest Franco
Harriet Fernandez
The Fisty Family
Ann Floisand
William Forsythe
Joan Forte in honor of Jessica Forte
Wendy & David Fotland
Lynne S. Fovinci
Fowler Family in honor of Ruben Alvarez
Maria Franco in honor of Joao Franco
Jason Freund
Beverly Friedman in honor of our beloved parents
Don Fugate
Lynn Fukuda in honor of Ares Aquino
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Teddy Gallard
Eve Gantley in honor of Gina, Amanda, Roman & Carmine
Laurie Garduno
Cheryl Garrison in honor of Alannah Clayton
Dennis Gaushell
Carla Gerber
Judy Gergurich in memory of my parents, Yoshio & Shigeko Najima
Janis Gerlinger
Laleh Ghafghaichi in honor of Dr. Mohammad Hamidieh
Rose Giacinto
Beth Gibson
Ronna Gilani in honor of Cindy Jelinski
Peter B. Giles
Ida Goldfarb
David Gonzales
Sandra Gonzales
Gayle Gordon
Elaine Gould
Kathy Grady
Lois Gragnola
Laddie and Christine Green in honor of Harland & Candace, Gayle & Sharon Green families
Marjory Greenwald
Gretchen Gregersen
Shellie Grindy in honor of Chelsea G
Judy Grisell
Debbie Guadan
Xiaomei Guan
Barbara Guard
Polly Gustafsson in honor of Lena, Annika and Sonja Gustafsson
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Joyce Haas
Charles Habib in honor of Virginia Habib
Lars Hagen
Mary Haifley in honor of Mary Dempniak
Linda Hakmi
Jacquelyn Hall
Paul Halpern in honor of Ilisa, Scott, Jonah, & Micah Paul
Kat Hanes
Wendy Hansen in honor of Annika Donez
Gina Hausmann
Georgiana Hays
Susan Heintzelman
Pam Helmer
Patricia Hendriks
Patti Henneke in honor of Michael Thacker
Jeanine Henneman in honor of My 3 Premie Grandchildren, mother, & mother-in-law
Arthur Henriques
Ysa Hernay
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Dennis Hickey
Robert Hilton
Ruth Hixson
Howard Hochman in honor of Melody Mancini
Bonnie Home in honor of Holly Hayes
Paul Hsieh
Chungling Huang
Gary Hubbard in honor of Gary Hubbard
Mr. & Mrs. Hughes
Russell Hull in honor of Frankie Hull
Carolyn Hutchins
Carolyn M. Hutchinson
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Janet Ikeda in honor of Masako Nishimura
Joan Iorizzo in honor of Carlo Iorizzo
Sigrid Irias in honor of Ysabel Duron, a generous leader and mentor
Gail Ishimatsu
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Cynthia Jackson in honor of All Children
Joanna Jaeger
Sherry Jaunrubeas
Max Jedda in honor of Lorraine Jedda
Cynthia Jensen in honor of Dianne Frank
John D. Jewell
Angelina Johnson in honor of Don Cordero
David Johnston
Dale Jones
Ella Jones in honor of Grace Goerzen
Robert Jones
Jane Jordan
Susan Jordan
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Gerry Kane
Paul & Carol Kaneko
Kathleen Karmendy
David Keefer
James Kelley in honor of Shawn Kelley
Mary Kelly
Jeanette Kennedy
Steve Kessler
Lachmi Khemlani
Milt Khoobyarian
Peter Kidder
Merritt Kimball
Judith Kinker in honor of Eric, Ellen, and Jean Ring
Howard Kitagawa
Thomas Klick
Joanne Kobori in honor of George Kobori
Elizabeth Kok
Mike Kolito
Marlene Kono in honor of K. Matsubara
Daniel Korbel in honor of Daniel Korbel
Janet L. Kornberg in honor of Lia and Harry Kornberg
Ginny Kortenkamp in honor of George and Marie Leyes
Wanda Kownacki
Ilene Kretsch
Mitsu Kumagai
Anjani Kumar
Gary Kushner
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Judy Ladeau
Jeff Lamb
Yael Landon
David W. Lane in honor of Michelle Jackson
Malle Lantz
Ida Larsen
John Laumann in honor of the Laumann family
Estelle Lavietes in honor of Raymond Lavietes
Henry Lawson
Ron Lazzarotti
Charlotte Leary
Katrina Lebedeva in honor of Addie and Alex
Bill LeBlanc
Gil Lee
Junghae Lee
Lynn Lehmann in honor of Frank Lehman
Leonard Levy
Sally Lieber
Joanna Liu
Judith Livengood
Cindy Loman
Kym Loos
Mario Lowe
Shirley Lowler
Karen Lund in honor of Yvonne K O’Brien
Alison Lundin
Barbara Lynn in honor of Zancudo
Chris Lynn
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Margaret Ma in honor of Mr. Hodges
Tony Machado
Alison Mackey in honor of Mr. & Mrs. Dahl
Donald Maclennan
Jim Maggiore in honor of Alannah Clayton
Robin Magovern in honor of George Dove, Jr.
Marjorie Mancuso in honor of Barbara Wurth
Mark Mangin
Judith Manton
Uma Mantravadi in honor of M. Krishnaveni
James Marocco
Michele Marquardt in honor of My Dear Girlfriends
Karen Marshall
Cheryl Martin
Debra Martin
Joyce Martin
Robert Martinez
Ruth Max
Beverly McClellan in honor of My Parents
Monica McClintock in memory of River Hylinne Barclay
Michael McDonell
Ian McGillivray
Tom McRae
Bob McVey
Darla Meads in honor of Alannah Clayton
Paula Meier in honor of Jack Jackson
Ruth Merino
Gilbert Mesa in honor of Mary Louise Mesaa
Joan Meyer in honor of Rabbi Debbie Israel
Joan Meyer
Bryan Miller
Mary Fran Miller in honor of Amy & Cindy Linker
Judith Minium
Barry Mirkin
Scott Mitchell
Kathleen Moe
Emelyn Monteclaro
David Mooney
Myrna Moore
Garnet Morash
Nancy Morgan in honor of Shari, Max, and Molly Rideout
Marcia Morton
John Mosher
Luc Moyen
Mary Mullaney in honor of Eliane F. Swanstrom
Patricia Munoz
Mary Murphy
R A Murphy in honor of Dennis M. Murphy
Sidney O. Mygatt
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Glendale M. Nakamatsu
Richard Nedved
Phyllis Newman
Harlen Ng
Kathleen & C. Nielsen
Janet Niklaus
Lindsay Nishiki
Joan Nolen
Nancy Noto
Sandra Nuno
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Steve O’Connor
Cynthia Oberman
Delbert Odle
Debbi ODonnell in honor of Alannah Clayton
Michael Oleary
Anna Olivera in honor of Jason
Michele Ople in honor of Dad & Auntie Nena
Dr. and Mrs. James Orth
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Judith Palasek
Marilyn Palermo
Jeanne Palmer
Amelia Palomera in honor of Jose Palomera
Patsy Paul
Evelyn Pedron
Linda Pelton Weinstein
Edward Perry
Alice Peterson
Carol Peterson
Cheryl Peterson
Ryan Peterson
Kristin Petrini
Gail Petty
Ronnie Phifer
Patty Picard
Warren Pierce
Mark Pimley
Frank Pine
Joan C. Pineda
Sal Pizarro
Anne C. Pound
Carolyn Prandi-Lamar
Don Pratt
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Gladie Rabitz
Caroline Rackowski in honor of Rosalie Eskew
Dollie Ragsdale in honor of Alannah Clayton
Arsella Raman
Mary Ann Ramiree in honor of Lucy Martin
Edwin Reich
Mary Reiland
Donald Richardson
Linda Roatch in honor of Tony Panzica
Michael Robbins
Kristen Roberts in honor of The Morash Family
Stephen Robie
The Rocklin Family
Jetsche Rodriguez in honor of all my grandchildren
Tim Roehrl
Bill Roeschlein
Rebecca Rohrer in honor of Alannah, with love from The Rohrers
Carrie Rose
Steven Rosen in honor of our family dog, Melba
Deborah Rosenberg
Ron Roth in honor of Our Family, Roth, Roth-Soto, Inglis
Laurie Rouspil in honor of Yuzuki Ogawa
Allen Ruby
Lisa Ruder
Paul Russell
Carole Ryan
Sharon Ryan
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Robin Sabes in honor of My family who perished in the holocaust
Jennifer Salmon
Dave Santos
Therese Schecter
Maureen Schimmel in honor of Joseph and Dorothy Reagan
Richard Schmidt
Michele Schreck in honor of Holly Hayes
Ellen Schwartz
William Schwarz in honor of Marty Kulisch
Shirley Schwoerer
Maria Scott
Lyle Sechrest
Marialis Seehorn
Jeanette Seiji
Judi Seip
Shirley Sells
Vijnan Shastri
Linda Sherry in honor of Max and Erna Eisenmann
Mien & Nancy Shih
Takashi Shiozaki
Marnie Shuey
Stephanie Shumway
Greg Sickal
Pete Silva in honor of Marilyn Silva
Barbara Simmons
Gene Simon
Robert E. Slye
Janice Smith
Stacy and Stephanie Smith in honor of Rudy and Gavin
Terrence P. Smith
Theresa Smith
Soni-Wurtzburger Family Fund
George Sousa in honor of Lisa Sousa Carlson
Virginia Spencer in honor of Sally Spencer
Barbara Stark in honor of son Gary Stark
James R. Steichen
Sue Stephan
Dan Stephens
Mark Stevens
John Stolan
Lyn Strong
David Stubbs
Cindy Sue
Bill Sueoka
Katherine Sugarman in honor of Candy Jelinskil
Julia Sulek
Susan Sundberg
Jean Sunseri
Jean Sutherland
John Swartley
Kirk Swedenborg
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Chris Taich
Virginia Tam
Fumiyuki Tanabe
James Tanaka in honor of Tina Urbina
Aileen Teren-Foster
Celia Teter
Milton Thomas in honor of Michael C. Thomas
Geraldine Thompson in honor of Peggy Rendina
Jan H. Thompson
Jim & Doris Thompson
Laura Tindall
Tricia Toft
Raymond Tom
Rebecca TotonQuinn
Diane Trombetta
Karen Trydahl
Marjorie Tsuji
Tats Tsunekawa
Lenora Tucker in honor of The Mellor Family
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Barbara Van Arsdale
The Van Den Dries Family in honor of John “Bampy” Kavinsky
Patti Vanderburg
Veronica Vargas
D. Verdeckberg
Fred Virdeh in honor of The Mercury News of San Jose
Duane Voigt
Shawna Von Stockhausen
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Erik Walberg in honor of Shorty Collins
Allen Waldman in honor of Donna Waldman
William Warshal
Lorri Watson
Margaret & Eric Watt
Ken Weber
Jason Wehrmaker
Tammie Weigl in honor of Mavis F. Crede
Mark Weiner
Harriet Weiss
Jerry Wells in honor of Richard R. & Joan K. Wells
Werner Family Fund
Cherie & Alex Wheeler in honor of Ilene DaCruz
Kathleen White in honor of Esther Nousse
Carol Whiteley
Patricia Wilcox
Nancy Wilcoxen
Brent Wilkinson
Maryke Williams
Susan Williams in honor of Robert Mize
Janice Williamson
Robert Wilson
Marilyn Winkleby
Ann Wise
Amy Witherow
Fred Wolcott
Brenda Wong
Ariel Wooley
William Worthington in honor of Scott, Jeremy, and Travis
Wilma Wright in honor of Harold E. Wright
Taed Wynnell
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Jan Yamauchi in honor of Diane K. Yamauchi
Alice Yu
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Kate Zablocki in honor of Keith
Richard Zbriger
Steve Zientek in honor of Morgan Autism Center
Adrienne Zimmerman
Sally Zurcher
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