IBEW Local 150 (Waukegan, IL) provides help for living in the name of deceased members

Help Them to Hope 2004-05 (from the Waukegan, IL "News Sun" 12/28/04)

Editor's note: This season, the agencies supported by the News Sun's Help Them To Hope fund are sharing articles about clients who have benefited from their services.

Community Social Services helps single mom
This is about a single young mother with four kids and another due at the end of the year. Her husband abandoned her six months ago, with no means of support. She was forced to get a job at a fast-food restaurant and tried to make ends meet. Community Social Services was able to help her with food and clothing and a baby crib. She just couldn't believe that someone was willing to help her and the kids, and the tears just kept rolling off her face. If you want to make a donation, send a check or money order payable to Help Them to Hope in care of The News Sun, 2383 N. Delany Road, Waukegan, Ill. 60087 or deposit your contribution in the Hope Box in the lobby at The News Sun office on weekdays during business hours.

Contributions go to Lake County residents through several area charities:


Catholic Charities


Christian Outreach of Lutherans


Holy Family Parish / Community Social Services


Lake County Council Against Sexual Assault/Zacharias Center (LaCASA)


PADS Crisis Services, Inc.,


A Safe Place / Lake County Crisis Center


Salvation Army

The Help Them to Hope effort does not authorize any door-to-door collecting, street solicitation or caroling for money in the fund's name.

People with questions concerning contributions may call (847) 336-7000.

Donations Saturday totaled $12,185. The total to date is $53,329.25.

Gifts received were:

Antioch

Elizabeth Sheehan, in memory of Joe and Richard "Tiny" Sheehan, $50.

Beach Park

J.D. Valaitis and Ginger Vehrs, in memory of our parents, William and Esther Valaitis, $100; anonymous, to all those who died defending freedom in 2004, check No. 3283, $100.

Gurnee

Anonymous, check No. 2010, $200.

Lake Villa

Tom Ruhl Plumbing, $150.

Libertyville

IBEW Local Union 150, in memory of deceased members, $1,200.

Wadsworth

Anonymous, check No. 1095, $50; Elizabeth Hogan, holiday greetings to my Wadsworth friends and neighbors, $20.

Waukegan

Donna Burnside, for my friends and neighbors who have lost loved ones this year, $100; Frank Sun, M.D., $10,000; Richard Shultis, in memory of Shirley Shultis, $25; Bertrand's Bowling Thursday Night Moonlite Ladies Bowling League, $70.

Zion

Employees of the Zion Park District, "Happy Holidays," $120.

12/28/04