Wish Book readers give generously to help others in need

Mercury News Wish Book readers are again responding generously to the annual effort to help their neighbors in need whose stories are being told in print and online this holiday season.

Through Monday, readers have donated $448,397 to Wish Book nonprofits who provide much-needed services and support to people who are struggling. You still have an opportunity to make their lives better and to boost the programs that help them. Any donation — big or small — can make a difference. While the stories are running through the end of the year, donations are welcomed year-round.

This year’s stories and details about how to donate can be found online at wishbook.mercurynews.com. All of the money raised goes to the nonprofit programs and families featured in the Wish Book campaign, with The Mercury News covering all administrative costs of the program.

Following is a partial list of Wish Book donors whose generosity we’d like to publicly acknowledge — an updated list will be published in January.  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.

A

Lane & Barb Albanese, Jacquelyn Alderate, Kay Allen in memory of Ernest Robert Allen, Jeffery Allyn in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Allyn, Judy Alston in memory of John Alston, Patricia Alves in memory of Joseph Alves, Bill & Ken George, Marianne Ambrosini, Allen Ando, Leslie Anido in honor of Jamie Anido, Erica Ankuda, Louise Apichell-Price, Mary Artibee in honor of Sarah-Ann and Brian Badenoch, Arts Initiative GP in memory of Frane Reed, Herzel Ashkenazi in honor of the Ukrainian People, Anonymous in honor of Adrian Jamed,  Anonymous in honor of Craig, Allie, Teagan & Landon, Anonymous in honor of John & Alison Mackey, Anonymous in honor of Kimberly D. Lauer, Anonymous in honor of Mary Kay Segal, Anonymous in honor of Mom and Dad, Anonymous in honor of my son and grandson, Anonymous in honor of Olafur Jon Sigurdsson, Anonymous in honor of our African Fellowship of our church, Anonymous in honor of Pamela Barnes, Anonymous in honor of Ray Bloker, Anonymous in honor of the Ukranian people, Anonymous in honor of Virginia & Tom & Teri Dahl; in memory of Waler J. Dahl, Anonymous in memory of Anna Valenziano, Anonymous in memory of Barbara Junge, Anonymous in memory of Bernie Allard, Anonymous in memory of Beryl Castro, Anonymous in memory of Claire Batistich, Anonymous in memory of Don Cordero, Anonymous in memory of Dorothy and Gerald Soroka, Anonymous in memory of Frank Knofler, Anonymous in memory of Gene & Anna Verbrugge, Anonymous in memory of George & Mimi Maranon, Anonymous in memory of Gerald Schreier, Anonymous in memory of Indira Kurapati, Anonymous in memory of Josie and Sunny,  Anonymous in memory of Joue, Anonymous in memory of Kathy Diekroeger, Anonymous in memory of Marguerite Kirk, Anonymous in memory of Mary Ann Krenvolden

B

Carol Bacchetti, Armina Badalian, Jennifer Bailey, Leslie Bailey, Char Balanesi, Josephine Ballesteros in honor of Rafael & Isaac Ballesteros, Kelly Barbazette, Susan A. Barkan in memory of Jean Albro, Joyce Bartlett, Buz & Anne Battle, Darla Beck, Drusilla & Albert Belman, Eugenia J. Benedetti, Dana & Josh Berkenwald, Jackie Berman, Deborah Best, Genevieve Bittner-Race, Greg Blackwell in memory of Sarah Blackwell, Claudia Blakeslee in memory of L.A. Torres, Jr.,Kate Blood Robert Bogdanoff in honor of Pat & John Bogdanoff, Jerry Borden, Penelope K. Bowen, John & Carol Bower, Signe Boyer, Geoffrey Braun, Mary Anne Bridgeman, Marjorie Bridges, Roger & Margot Brockmeyer, Mary M. Brown in memory of Raymond E Brown, Connie Brown, Susan & Lynn Brown, Arlene Brown, Katherine Brubaker in memory of Bill & Helen Brubaker, John Brunolli, Patricia Bubenik, Gail & Bill Buckley, Jane Buechel in honor of Loaves & Fishes, Laura Burbidge, Sherry Burns, Roger & Louise Burton, Bill & Sharon Bynum

C

Sharon Calcagno, Eileen & Don Campagna, Richard Campbell, Carolyn Campbell, Janet & Brian Cane, Elizabeth Carey in honor of Jasmine Kaur, Ishwar Carg, Virginia Carpio, Michael Carroll in memory of Mazie & Forrest Carroll, Diana Carroll, Debby Carstensen in memory of Jeanne Amos, Alina Castaneda, Lawrence Castelli, Katharine Catanho in memory of Bruce Becker, Marlene Chan in memory of Heidi & Candy, Chellam Family Foundation, Theresa Cheng, Larry Cherniss in memory of Eldon Cherniss, Mark Chetkovich in memory of Michael & Alice Chetkovich, Carl Ching in memory of Randall Ching, G Cho, Ed & Sharon Chu in memory of Patricia Soto, James & Elizabeth Cilker, Richard Clark in memory of the parents of Richard & Lillian, Keith & Linda Clarke, Carol Cleary-Schultz, Victor Clifford, Sarah Clish in memory of Jim & Nancy Clish, Laura Coburn, Sarah Cohan in honor of Momentum, Rachel Collier in honor of Elton &Jeanette Jordan, Heidi Collins, Colonial Mobile Manor Events Club, Gina Colton, Barbara Colyar, Linda Coon, Michael Corrick, Ken & Kathie Corsello, Richard Corson in honor of John Chenault, Charles Cowan, James & Helen Cramer in memory of Dick & Zoe Hannah, Karen Crampton, Craig Creer, Don Cremin, Deborah Crim, Michael Culcasi, Ginger Cullen, Patricia Curia

DEF

Douglas Daetz, Virginia Dahl in honor of Alison Mackey, The Dalton Family in memory of James Sylvester, Wendy Damberger, Steve Dandrea, Paul Dankert in memory of Paula Heider, Laura Darnell, Linda Davidge, Tomiko Davis, Ruth De Larios, Deborah Dean, Nancy Dean, Allen Deguchi, Robert Deirossi in honor of social workers, Mary DeMasters, Ranae DeSantis, Renee Dewhirst,  J.D. Di Salvo in memory of Phyllis Di Salvo, Patricia A. Diamond, John Dickinson in memory of Jennifer Dickinson, Kim Dissanayake, Shubhada Divekar, Kathy Doi, Jerry & Marilyn Drino, Richard Duran in memory of Rose Duran, Cathy Eaton, Yvonne Eaton, Shelley Eberle, Phyllis Ebersole in memory of Norman Ebersole, David & Dawn Edgren, Steven Edwards, Richard Ehrhart, Eugene Ely in honor of Randi B. Ely, Anna Enfantino, Dan & Cindy Erceg, Marilyn Erickson, Julie Escudero, Jill Esquivel, Michael Esquivel, Mary Esteban in memory of Manuel D. Esteban, Michael Fallon, Mark & Janet Farabaugh, Elaine Farace, Hillary Farkas in memory of Brett Farkas Komanovsky, Brian Faust, Robin Feinman, John & Beth Fensterwald, Marilyn Fidler in honor of Dave Weiss, Roxann Filaseta, Diane Fisher, The Fisty Family, Laura Foegal, Sandra Foehr, Marilyn Fordham in memory of John Fordham, William Forsythe, Wendy & David Fotland, F Fowler in honor of the Fowler Family, Sandy Fu, Gerard Goeser & Adele Fukuba in memory of Jim & Frances Goeser, Lynn Fukuda in memory of Onnie Green

GHI

Kathryn Gallant, Ray & Jaci Gamaza, Jette Garland, Emily Garrison, Patricia Gaston, Kathie Gaylord, Clement Gee-Wong in memory of Benjamin Harris, Steven Gerdt, Ruth Geredes, Judy Gergurich in memory of my parents, Yoshio and Shigeko Najima, Laleh Ghafghaichi in memory of Dr. Mohammad Hamidieh, Rose & Shelley Giles in honor of Connie Murphy, Richard Gillam, Cathy Gist, Helen Gjerde, Hope Nakamura & Glen Sato, Henci Goer, Renie Goodwin in memory of Brian Goodwin, Judge Charles & Dorothea Gordon, Lois Gragnola, Renee Graham in memory of John Harold Graham, Joan Gregory, Julie Groll in memory of Sam & Dee, Carol Guertin, Paz Guzman, Charles Habib, Mr & Mrs Paul Halpern in memory of Laurie Keily, Kathleen & Fred Hanes, Flo Harrison in memory of Mary Hughes, Annie Hart in honor of Charlie Hart, Amanda Hashfield, Georgiana Hays, Bruce Heflinger, Peggy Heiman, Mike Heller, Cindy & Dave Hendrickson, Patricia Hendriks, Robert & Janice Henell, Ann Hetherton in memory of Huxley McNinch, John Heyne, Nancy & Allan Hikoyeda, Melissa Hindt in memory of John Phillip Hindt, Lilly Hirota, John & Alice Ho, Howard Hochman, Nancy Hoffman, Margaret Hohenshelt, Cindy Holbrook in memory of my father, Dr. Richard C. Williams, Harriet Holmes in memory of Kenneth Holmes, Bonnie Home in memory of Holly Hayes, Little Honeybee, Scott Horner in honor of Scott D Horner, Jane Horton in memory of Aaron Horton Dee Howard, John Howell, Huang Choy Family Fund, Janis Hubbs in memory of Brian Hubbs, Janis Hubbs, William Huey, Sue Hughes, Roger & Lorene Hughes, Deborah Hyppa, Janet & Peyton Ikeda in memory of Junichi Kawamoto, Leah Imwalle, Joan Iorizzo in memory of Carlo Iorizzo, Glen Ireland & Family, Martha Iwagaki

JKL

Cynthia Jackson in memory of Bill Jackson, Rita Jacobson, Janigian/Herhold Family, Robert Jeckell, Max Jedda in honor of Lorraine Jedda, Jedlovec Jedlovec, Carol Jennings, Finn Jensen, Rebekah Jensen, Jensen Scales Inc, Karen Johnson, David Johnston, Ella Jones in memory of Steven Roger Jones, Dale Jones, Millie Jones, Jane Jordan, Alice Jordan, Jossi Family Trust, Colleen Julian, Carolyn Kameya, Paul & Carol Kaneko, Kathleen Karmendy, Aric Keller, James Kelley in memory of Shawn Kelley, Paige Kenigsberg, Jeanette E. Kennedy, Steve Kessler in memory of Sonnet, Milt & Jo Ann Khoobyarian, Joyce Kiefer, BD Kirby, Celeste & Howard Kitagawa, Kelly Kline, Libbie Kline, Barbara & Michael Klyszeiko, Louise Korn, Janet L. Kornberg, Kozlovsky Family Fund, Mike & Donna Krey, Diane Kumar, Heather Trossman Kushlan in honor of Howard Kushlan, Amy Laden, Situan Lam, Terry Lancaster, Ruben Landeros, David W. Lane in memory of Coach Ray Snyder, Barbara Lapcevic, Gary & Maria Larson, Jan Laskowski, John & Dianne Laumann, Karen Law, Song Le, Freddie S. Lee in memory of Eunice Markaway, Wilson Lee, Jeanne Lee, Tara Lee, Mitra Lele, Rob & Lucinda Lenicheck, Reba Leon, Robert Leone, Howard Levi, Richard Levinson, Leonard & Mary Jo Levy, Susan Lewandowski, Le Lien Lam, Allart & Ineke Ligtenberg, Carol Lindsay in memory of Ron Lindsay, Kristin Link in honor of Collin Jackowski, Joyce & Stuart Locke, Beth Lococo in memory of WM Botsch, Caresse Loski, Mario Lowe, Paul & Christy Lucero, Sandra Lucia, Gwen & Terry Lum-Duffy in memory of Jan Spiller-Davenport, Karen Lund in honor of my grandchildren: Jake & Summer, Connie & Bob Lurie, Jyl Lutes in memory of Lil Lutz

M

Vicky Machado, Steven Maciel in memory of Mom & Dad, Juanita Jenny Mah in memory of Ramon & Carmen Duran, Carol Manning, Judith Manton, Bonni Marantette, Mary Murphy & Mark Stevens, Dan Marshall, Alan Marten, Debra Martin, Lynda Martinez in memory of Mickey Garcia, Joseph Mason, Deeptha Mathavan in memory of Dee, Carlstan Matsuo, Robert Matusiak, Sue McAllister, Barbara McArthur, Mary E. McEnery, Sondra McIntyre in memory of Gunhild Brown, Milbrey McLaughlin, Adrienne Medalie, Shannon Meier in memory of Jim Meier, Geoff & Angelika Mendal, Pat & Charlie Mendez, Julie Mercer, Rashida Mesiwala, Jojy Michael in honor of Missionaries of Charity, Bryan & Carol Miller, Kathleen Miller, Theresa Mintz, Barry & Rosemarie Mirkin, Joette & Bernard Mitchell, Colin Mobley, Arvind & Ellen Mody, Kathleen Moe, Ruth & Narayan Mohanram, Madelyn Moon in memory of Esther Carrasco Sanchez, Myrna Moore, Polly Moreno, Martin Morici, Donna & Bob Morrison, Marcia Morton in memory of Bogey and Squeaks, Dean & Susan Munro in honor of the Parsons & Bonstead Families, Patricia A. Musachia, Janet Muscio, Sidney O. Mygatt

NOP

Glen & Gloria Nakamatsu, Harlen & Beat Ng, Hang & Teresa Ngo in memory of Gracie Mai Nguyen, Tung Nguyen, Monica Niemann, Janet Niklaus, Akio Nishino in memory of Saeko Nishino, Joan Nolen, Pieter Noordam, Nancy Noto, Kathy O’Sullivan, Sandra Oda, Delbert Odle, Christina OGuinn in honor of Christina M OGuinn, Paul Okino, Janice Olavarri in memory of Norma Olavarri, Lynn Olavarri in memory of Norma Olivarri, Marta Olds, Anna Olivera, Linda Omaley, Julian Ong , Jack Oph, Tomas Oppus, Madolyn Orr, Karen & John Ott in memory of Jean & John Ott, Peggy Padelt, Andora Pangburn in memory of Anna Hovland, Mary Parks, Eileen Parks, Carol Parrella, Gary Pedone in memory of Mary Lamara, Gary Pedone, Carlo Pedron, Linda Pelton Weinstein, Edna Peralta in memory of Marina & Santiago Luna, Edward Perry in honor of Edward Perry, Lynn Johnson & Peter Kidder, Carol Peterson, Van Uyen Pham, Susan Pierce, Laura Pines, Sal Pizarro, Carol Pollard, Ann & Brian Ponty, Nand Prasad in memory of my best friend Nandi Khanna, Don Pratt, Jeff Preefer, Bruce & Donna Prime, Lisa Prosch, Karen Pugh in memory of Thomas Pugh

RS

Caroline Rackowski in memory of Caroline Carlentine, Urmi Rahman, Lesley Rappaport, Bill Rasmussen , Jody Reagan in honor of Austin Reagan, Mary Reiland in memory of Mary L. Reiland, Lisa Reiss, Matt Repanich, Norbert Rix, Donna Roberson, David Roberts, Stephen Robie, Rocklin Family, Jetty Rodriguez, Patricia & Ed Roesch, Deborah Rosenberg in memory of Nate Rosenberg, Joel & Katie Rosenberg, Elaine Rosingana, Sandra Rossini, Elaine Rowan, Allen & Cindy Ruby, Tony Rumore in memory of Casey and Nina Rumore, Frances Rushing, Sharon Ryan, Janice & Brad Santos, Dave Santos, Owen Saxton in honor of Owen Henry Sixton, Beatrice Schadle in memory of Jackie Browman, Cynthia Schaefer in memory of Pauline Kinder & in honor of Donold Hozum, Rosemary Schalk, Therese Schecter, Joe Schumaker, Jeanne & Ken Schwab, Ellen & Marvin Schwartz, Maria Scott, Lisa Scott-Ponce in memory of Dolores & Anthony Ponce, Lyle & Sally Sechrest, Nancy & Larry Seiden, Jeanette Seiji, Carlyn & John Seyfarth, Linda Shaw in memory of Walter Shaw, Nancy & Robert Sheets, Mimi & Guy Shellman, Pramoda Shetty, Leslie Shiozaki, Carolyn & Jeremy Siegel, Jorja Silva in honor of anniversary – Jim Silva, Pete Silva in memory of Marilyn Silva, Tove Simonsen, Ruth Sitton, Mindy Sitzer, Hunt Small, Ariel Smart in honor of Gordo Smart, Terrence P. Smith, Wanda Smith, John Smolowe, Warren Snaider in memory of Himey, Ida, and Marilyn Snaider, Mark Soto, Louise Sparks, Virginia Spencer, Christine Stafford, Jeff Steffan in honor of Jeff R Steffan, Jim Steichen, Beth Stiles, Bonnie Stone, Susan Sundberg in memory of Tandi & Sami, John Swartley, Richard Swent

TUV

Steven Taddei in memory of Jack & Madeline Taddei, Louise Tamm in memory of Roy & Florence Tamm, Rosemarie & Frank Tamney, Katina Tang, Francine Tanner, Diane Taylor, David Thom, Gladys Thomas, Michael Thompson, Cris Thorngate in memory of Claire Holland, Yuko Toda, Raymond & Grace Tom, William Tomlinson, Lucy Tompkins MD, Hoan Tran, Patricia & Richard Treadway, Rosemarie Trillo Pia in memory of Larry Trillo, Tom Trombetta in memory of Alan Trombetta – Son, Michael Turpin, Marta Tyler, Patti Vanderburg, Vicky Vanvalkenburg, Bob Vasconcellos, Mary Vavuris, Lisa Vieler, Carole Vincent, Gayle Visher, Sudin Vittal, Ann Vivian, Susan Voll in honor of the Voll Family, Anne Vosti

WXYZ

Benjamin Wade, Erik Walberg, Stephen Walker, Catherine Warrick, Richard L Walter Family, Lorri Watson, Ken Weber, Robert Weeks, Bill Weidert, Mark Weiner, Kathleen Weiss, Carolyn Westphal, Denise Weyl, Marianna Whaley, Kristen Wharton, Alice Wheatley, Larry White, Kathleen White , Karin White, Sandra Williams in memory of Adeline Luoto, Robin & Maryke Williams, Valerie Williamson, Robert Wilson, Katherine Wilson, Helen Witter, The Wolfe Family, Jude Wong, John Wood in honor of Mary Woog, Dorene Woodward, Ariel & Bruce Wooley, Leonie Worsham in memory of Pastor Leon Fontainne, Suzanne Worthington, William Wu, Warren Yee, Dorothy Young, Barbara Young, Alice Yu, Yvonne Zavoshy, Holly Zhang, Rong Zheng, Steve & Bess Zientek, Lois Zimmerman, Marina Zuk in honor of Anton and Ankica Zuk, Marvin Zwerin

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