Just days before Christmas, Bucks Family Medicine, a Levittown medical office, made a huge donation to the annual fund to help neighbors in need.
“Merry Christmas from Bucks Family Medicine” read the message from the Levittown medical office. A donation of $10,000 to this year’s Give A Christmas fund was included.
Mary Berman, president of the Levittown-Bristol Kiwanis Club, immediately thought of the huge impact such a gift would make.
“The donation moves us so much closer to our goal of helping us meet the needs of so many more families in our community,” Berman said Wednesday. “It’s wonderful.”
The annual fund, done in partnership with the Bucks County Courier Times, helps provide assistance to those in need during the holiday season. Last year, the effort helped more than 4,000 children in need.
“It’s just phenomenal that the outreach of the community helps us to ensure that this effort to help others occurs,” Berman said.
The annual fund, in its 61st year, distributes funds primarily as $25 vouchers for children in struggling families in Lower Bucks County. The vouchers are redeemable at participating local supermarkets and other stores.
In the 2017 holiday season, donors contributed $114,812.31 which allowed for the distribution of vouchers to 4,155 children in Lower Bucks County. This year’s fund goal is $120,000.
The Bucks County Courier Times is a partner in this effort.
“No matter the size of the donation, each and every dollar given to this fund truly helps someone in need,” Courier Times managing editor Karen Kane Naylor said. “It’s a wonderful thing to see how our local community comes together every year to ensure that everyone shares in the spirit of the holiday season.”
Donations to fund are still be accepted and can be sent to Give A Christmas, Bucks County Courier Times, 8400 N. Bristol Pike, Levittown, PA 19057.
Make checks payable to Give A Christmas and include the donation form found in print in the daily newspaper or available for download at BucksCountyCourierTimes.com/GiveaChristmas. If you don’t have the form, send a note with your donation that includes you name, town, phone number (not for publication), donation amount and any message you wish to have published with your gift. Also indicate how you wish your name to be listed or if your donation is anonymous.