Single mother is raising her son without child support

Jill and Ben separated when their son, Danny, was an infant. Jill does her best to raise Danny alone, while Ben refuses to pay child support. Additionally, Jill has numerous medical problems that cause financial strain, and her prescription co-pays are more than $200.

Jill is fortunate to work for a small company that allows her time off for medical reasons. However, they are unable to pay her in her absence. A Good Cheer agency has been assisting Jill and Danny with food, clothing, rent and utilities while Jill is sick.

Every year since 1927, needy people have been given reason to be cheerful at Christmas because of the generous contributions made to the Good Cheer Fund. Six local charitable organizations share the contributions. The Salvation Army, Star Gospel Mission, Association for the Blind, Catholic Charities, Carolina Youth Development Center and Lowcountry Food Bank receive every cent of each donation. There are no overhead or administrative costs involved, and funds are not distributed to any individual or organization outside the Good Cheer Fund agencies.

Send your tax-deductible contribution to the Good Cheer Fund, c/o The Post and Courier, 134 Columbus St., Charleston, SC 29403-4800. Contributions received by noon on Monday will be listed in The Post and Courier on or before Christmas Day.

CONTRIBUTIONS

In honor of Barbara, Eleanor, Ginga, Jane and Martha from Peggy 50.00

Employees of Summerville CPW 100.00

In lieu of ornament exchange-The Barracuda Bridge Club 100.00

In honor of new grandson Thomas from Gran and Grumps 100.00

Calvin and Debbie Warren 50.00

In honor of our employees and customers from ZOOM Transport, Inc. 500.00

"For The Little Stocking" 200.00

For our loving parents from Tyler and Kelly 50.00

Michael Morganti 100.00

Jay and Hope Herr 30.00

Dr. J. Frederick and Jacqueline Byer 125.00

Vernon Sr. and Charlotte Birt

25.00

James Fraser 40.00

Memminger Hall Garden Club 50.00

Joseph and Beatrice Lucie 50.00

Dr. Frank and Cecilia Gruber 150.00

John Van Dalen 50.00

Charles Keefer 25.00

John and Betsy Benzel 50.00

Ronald and Deanna Riegel 25.00

Dr. Gale and Connie Scott 150.00

John and Beverly Ward 100.00

Mark Sloan and Michelle Parys 100.00

Vanessa Pollert and Eric Hofesmann

26.50

Rik and Martha Snyder 200.00

Margarita Allston 50.00

In honor of the faculty, coaches, trainers and staff of Porter-Gaud School from Thomas Kelly 30.00

In honor of our faculty that spans from Robert Deen to Poppy, love Pat, Carol, Michael and Thomas 36.00

In thanksgiving for my children, Timothy and David, my daughter-in-law Kristy, and my grandchildren, Mason, J.P., Hannah, and K.K. from Grandmama 100.00

ANONYMOUS

250.00

100.00

20.00

IN LIEU OF CARDS

Roger and Toni Kirby 200.00

The Chapman Company 250.00

Catherine C. Latto, CFP 200.00

IN MEMORY OF

Alex and Myrtle Schilling & David G. Graham, Jr. 20.00

Captain B.J. Bandish, SC, USN (Ret.) 180.00

Mr. Richard W. Hutson 100.00

Mr. and Mrs. Whitemarsh S. Smith Jr. 100.00

Mr. Everett L. Smith and Mr. Robert E. Smith 100.00

Aunt Sallie, love Frances, Julia, Jeanne, Anne McLeod, Annie, Richard, and Sallie 100.00

Jeanne, love Annie 50.00

Carlton, love your Godmother 50.00

Kendall O. Fields, Lloyd Moore, Larmie Prickett, A.D. Bennett, Dollsie Hutto and Betty Rush 500.00

Ansel B. Myers 25.00

Connie McKenzie 100.00

Our parents, relatives, and friends that are no longer on this Earth 50.00

Golfers Nealie and Tommy Thompson 18.00

Gertrude Renken, "Ma Ma", from Sally 50.00

Jimmy and Kitty Cleary, from Sally 100.00

David N. McIntosh from Sally 100.00

Kitty Cleary, Nonie Gladden, and Lucy Campbell from Sally 50.00

My sister, Louise Gantt Clements 100.00

My sister, Mary Jewel Lloyd Lambert 100.00

Our deceased loved ones from Mike and Sherrie Osbourne 50.00

Ruby, Joe, and Harold Newton & Sean Ayers 2,000.00

Jack Smoak from Helen and Family 100.00

John White, Jane White, Nancy White and Jonathan Greer 100.00

Stewart Poulnot, John Kennedy and Butch Matz 100.00

Our fathers, George Cracraft and Alec Heath & our best man Tommy Meteraud 50.00

Edward G. and Jennie L. Gibson 100.00

Gonzales S. Waddy 100.00

Nancy Wood Hall 100.00

Our parents, Kathryn and Henry Garvin & Irene and Cecil Berry; our son David Herring, and our good friend Mary Pye Rucker from Carolyn and Glenn Berry 25.00

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis G. Booth Sr. 25.00

Dr. William A.McLees 150.00

Bobby and Frances Varn, Warren Lear, Buddy Donald, Lewis Pickens, Al Johnston, Eddie Young, Bill Kulseth, and Bill Wheeler 100.00

Louise & Walter Kruger Sr. , Walter Kruger Jr. Lawrence Kruger, Victor & Peggy Salvo, Ursula Kaiser, and Larry Burmester 100.00

My husband Roy and my son Lee from Mary Ducker 50.00

Frank and Mac 50.00

Jess Meyers 30.00

Wilhelmina Ravenel 50.00

Spencer Smith 50.00

Erik Warrer 100.00

Our loved ones 100.00

My parents, Ralph and Alleene Watkins 100.00

My parents, William and Frances Sandifer 100.00

Marie and Charles Cuzzell Sr. and Vera Cuzzell and Lenny Cuzzell Jr., love Leonard 40.00

Daisy and Herbie Free & Windy and Monte Osburn love, Joan 20.00

"The Confederate Dead" from June and Toby 65.00

Sonia 51.00

Tiger 25.00

TODAY'S TOTAL $9,506.50

PREVIOUS TOTAL $146,573.51

YEAR TO DATE $156,080.01

LAST YEAR TO DATE $110,743.76