The spirit of giving is shining brightly in the East Bay. Share the Spirit readers are stepping up to help their neighbors in need. As of Dec. 18, your generous donations have reached a heartwarming $367,543!
We’d like to express our deepest gratitude to our amazing donors. Your contributions will fuel essential programs that support countless families struggling in our local communities. Every dollar you give goes directly to work in the East Bay and will make a difference for so many. It is readers like you that make Share the Spirit a success year after year.
We are continuing to count contributions, and there is still time to bring joy to families featured in our news sections and online this holiday season. To learn more about these families and discover how you can donate, visit Sharethespiriteastbay.org.
Below is a partial list of generous contributors; we will publish a full list in January. We are also grateful to the many anonymous donors who choose to quietly share their compassion. Together, we can create a brighter holiday season for our neighbors in need.
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Kent Abbott
Steve Adachi
Joy Addiego
June Aguinid in memory of Ryanna Hernandez
Theresa Airaudi
Lisa Akselrad in memory of Rabbi Sidney and Marjorie Akselrad
Diane Alexander
Elsie Allen
Chris & Linda Altomare in memory of Danny Martines
J. Kendall & Tamara Anderson
Larry Anderson in honor of Alcoholics Anonymous
Les Andrade
Renate Angeli
Anonymous in honor of Brim
Anonymous in honor of Indira Kurapati
Anonymous in honor of Susan Hatch
Anonymous in honor of Anne Weil
Anonymous in honor of Arthur and Marjorie Strasburger
Anonymous in honor of Barney
Anonymous in honor of Daisy Lowe
Anonymous in honor of James Heenan
Anonymous in honor of Janus Reijnin
Anonymous in honor of people in need
Anonymous in honor of Cameron Lowell
Patricia Arias
Dr Cynthia Ashbrook & Jeffrey Smith
Mr & Mrs Charles Aubin
Shauna Avon
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Margaret Bajan
Karen Bajuniemi
Barbara Barnacal
Robert Barney
Gregory Bartow
Gregory & Carol Bauer
Darlene Bearde
Jutta Beckes
Don & Lone Beeson
Glen Bell
Marcia Bender in memory of my BFF Faye
Diane & Pat Benedict
David Bengtson
Cathy Bennett
Denis & Diane Bianchi in honor of Rich & Tracy Otsuka Stefani
Beatrice Bitner
Sally Blackwell
Mary Bland in memory of Anne & Ed Balles
Dennis & Patricia Bleile
Teresa L Bobbitt
Burt Bogardus
Sue Bollinger
Leonie Bonarius in memory of Piet Bosboom
Goldie Bond
Daniel Borenstein
Charles Bos
Missie & Robert Bossi
Dianne Bostick
Barbara Bouchet in memory of Donald Bouchet
Mike & Sue Brandy
Jennifer Braun
Ron & Liz Brazil
Lynn & Butch Brear
Alan Brecht in memory of John & Frances Brecht
Susan Brekle
Marilyn Bressler
Jeff Brinley
Jeff Bromberg
Gordon Brown
Pamela Brown & Larry Smith
Jeff Bruno
Frank & Marijean Brush
Kim Buck
Barbara Buckley
Steve & Linda Buckman
Donna Buessing
Bruce Burke
Sherida Bush & Tim Platt in memory of Kevin Moran
Rich & Mary Butler
Pat Buttner
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Patti C
Kent & Karin Caldwell
Bruce & Diana Cameron in memory of Grace Graham Bratherson
Lynda Caputo
Sue Carling
Peter & Paula Carpenter
Garth & Patricia Casaday
Patricia Casey
Jeff Castronovo
Linda Centoni in honor of all our veterans
Constance Chan in memory of Fred Kucera
Michael & Sandra Chandler
Doris Chapman
Marguerite Chase
Chellam Family Foundation
Patricia Cheney
Orlando & Jacqueline Chiavini
Harvey and Susan Chin
Marie Chun in memory of Frank & Joyce Chun; Mary & Bill Duncan; Candace Pattee
JoAnne Ciazinski
Paul Clancy
Carol Click
Gerald Cockrill in honor of Lacie
P Coffey
Louise Collari
Steve Collins in memory of Helen Collins
Lou & Bob Collins in memory of Patti & Deloris
Jeanie Goldeen & Michael Conneran
Bill & Barbara Cooper
Doris Cooper
Patrick Corder
Charlie & Karen Couric
Andrea Coval
Charles & Virginia Cowden
Margaret Craddock
Kathy Crawford
Robert Crespi
Joselyn Crow
Martha Crowe in honor of Kristen Crowe
Tom & Martha Crusius
Nena Cruz
Lynda & Alan Cunningham
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Phillip & Sandra Dalforno
Beryl Deas
Judith DelTredici
Gary Depolo in memory of Carolyn Depolo
Gordon DeVetter
Debbie Dew
Robert Docili
Gary Dockter
Donohoe Family
Marion Dow
Dolores Downing
Patricia & Robert Duey
Cherie Duncan in memory of Lloyd & Mildred Kirby
Carol Dunkle in memory of Bill Dunkle
Beth Elliott
Marietta Elliott
Trish Elliott
Edee Ellison in memory of Wes Thomas
James Estes
Nancy Evans
Aileen Evans in memory of Roger “Bud” Evans
Marsha Everett
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Cheril Fagan
Sue Falls
Kathleen Farley in memory of my beloved parents, John & Clare Farley
Justin Fawsitt
Hugh & Anna Fehrenbach
Nina Feldman
Hiram Feldman
Burke & Wendy Ferrari in honor of the Ferrari Family
Nikola Filby
James & Sharon Filippi
Nancy & Larry Fitzgerald
Sally & Earl Flage
Paul & Fran Flores
FNR Properties LLC
Bejamin Fong
Fontanta Family Foundation
Jane Fontius
David & Cheryl Forde
Natalie Forrest in memory of Douglas Sprague
Julie Frank
Janet Frazier
Susan Freeman
Simon Fresquez
Ednah Beth Friedman
David Fulkerson in memory of Justin Torquemada
Virginia Fullarton
George Fulmore
Fred & Betty Furuta
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Dorie Gallinatti
Christine Garcelon in honor of Carol, Diane, & Lillian
Diane Garcia
Maya Gardner in memory of William Denevan
Denise Garello
Kathleen Geddes
Teri Gerritz in memory of Gretchen de Golia
James Ghiringhelli
Thomas & Gail Gibbons
Anne Gilbert
Gillivan Family Trust in honor of Judy M. Gillivan
Joan Giovannoni
Barbara Glass
James Glaze
Sharon Glover
Don Goerlitz in memory of Cecilia Goerlitz
Carol Gonsalves in memory of Chet Gonsalves
John Gonzales
Sara Goolsby in memory of Harry Burke
Susanna Gordon in memory of James P Gordon
Diane Grant
Janet Grant
Gary and Kelly Gray
Cheryl Gray in memory of Jana Lyn Gray
Peter & Rose Greeff
Bob & Donna Grier
Diane Griffiths
Jackie Grissom in memory of Terri Grissom
Phil & Susan Grover
John Gruenstein in memory of Lillia Alvarez
Janis Guevara in honor of Marce & Orlando Guevara
Charles and Ginger Guthrie
Ann & Ben Guthrie
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Susan Hageman
Kathleen Hale
Maureen Hallisy in memory of Scott
Perry & Maria Hamilton
David Hampton
Evie Harner
Ron & Natalie Harnish in memory of Al & Bess Gildroy
Patricia Harrington
John Harris
Peter Hartdegen
Janis Hashe
Walter & Arlene Hashimoto
Tracey Haught
Roberta Healy
John & Louise Heffernan in memory of James & Betty Heffernan
Mike & Sandy Heller
Daniel & Carol Henry
Tim & Sharyn Henshaw
Carolie Hensley
Teri and Van Henson
Ramona Hernandez in memory of Tony Garza
Cheree Hethershaw in honor of those who help at Meals On Wheels
Anita Hiebert in memory of Ralph W. Hiebert, my husband
Calista Hintz & Ballinger Kemp
Hobbs Family in memory of Evelyn Simms
Rose Hofer in memory of Kurt Hofer
FM & Conny Hoffschneider
Mary Ann Hoisington
Charles Honodel in memory of Kay Honodel
Howard Hornig
Timothy Houck
Sylvia Howard
Debra Hudson in memory of Aunt Donna
Gene Huffman
Judith Huse
Victoria Infante in honor of Nutmeg, Duster, Sweepea, & Midas
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Holly Ito
Annette Iwamoto
William & Rosemarie Jackson in memory of Mary Rabner
Richelle Jacobs
Patricia Jakes
Katherine Jarrett
Nyles Johnson in memory of Anthony “Tony” Gladson, Sharon & Danny Pimentel, Edwin “Ed” Lewis
William Johnson in honor of Pauline Brisbin
Katherine Johnson
Anne Johnson in memory of Dr & Mrs John McNulty and Robert E. McNulty
Kirk Johnson
Dan & Deborah Johnston
Anne & Steve Jones
Sam & Michelle Jones
Frances Jones in memory of Jennifer Anne Jones & Michael Mitchell Jones Jr
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Debra K & Denise N in memory of Mom K
Sharon Kadi
Diane & Terry Kamrin in honor of Colin, Clari, Kyle, & Cory
Caroline Kane
Kiyoshi & Irene Katsumoto
Kent & Catherine Kavasch
Cynthia Kay in memory of Lanning Kay
Linda Kearney
Gary & Carol Kefer
Larry & Ann Keiffer
Bruce Kelly in memory of Lynn F Trostad
Don & Colette Kelsey
Nina Kindblad & Ken Burke
Judy Kennedy
Teresa Kennedy
William King in memory of Chester Stoltman
William King
Merryann Kiser in honor of Susan Anthony, Daughter
L Pat Kite in memory of Mom
Susan & John Klein
Karen Kleiner in memory of Jinny Kleiner
Marilyn Knowles in memory of John A Knowles
Kosich Family Insurance
Lawrence & Marcia Kolb
Gregg & Anne Korbin
Donna & Tom Kozel
Carl & Roswitha Kress
Donna & Joe Kruger
David Krumboltz
Shirley Kruse
Jyoti Kumra
Michael Kurtz
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Irene La Fayette
Heidi Lagrandeur in memory of Tim Dell’Ara
Marianne Lamberts in memory of Albert & Georgette Labarthe
Connie Land
Marion Larson
Scott Law
Ellen & Matt Lawrence
Kathryn Layton
Rebecca Lazzarotto
Joanne Leach
Nina & Henry Lederman in honor of Nancy & Ken Sher
Linda Ledgerwood
Gary & Mely Lee
Marrianne Lehman
Julienne Lemoine
Miriam Clare LePell
Marlene Lerner-Bigley
Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation
Midge Lewis in memory of Ed Lewis
Marty & Rich Lewis
Janet Lieber
Mr & Mrs Alfredo Lieras
John Lindberg
Nana Lisa
Michael Lohman
Sidne Long and Hank Delevati
Meredith Longshore
John Lopez in memory of Tom & Rose Lopez
Fred Lorenzetti in memory of Oreste & Maria Lorenzetti
Gloria & Fred Louie
William & Betty Costa Low in memory of Robbie Costa & Jonathan Low
Carole Lucas
Jon Lucchese & Jason Knett in memory of Gina Larue
Colleen Lund
Pam & Chuck Luther
Mark Lyall
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Jerry & Trish MacIntosh
Paul & Janyce Mack
Mark MacMahon
A Jane Maddalone in memory of Alice E Martin
Nancy Magee
Julie Magilen
Jon Maienschein
Raymond & Betty Marchetti
Jack & Judie Marks
Karen Marlin
Paula Marshall
Joe Martinez
Sharon Masingale
Markley Mason in memory of Carolyn Mason
Carole Mason
Dana Matthews
Carol Matthews in memory of Robert Matthews
Christine Maxwell
Kathleen McCarter
Bernice & Michael McCarthy
Elaine McClellan
Mike Mcelroy
Donald McKenzie
Dirk Mellema
Virginia Mellen
Mary Mendes
Paul & Connie Menzies
Ronnie Meza
Donna Mickelson in memory of Tim Gordon
Melissa & Steve Miller
E & L Miller in honor of Urban Forest Friends
Nick & Heidi Miller in memory of Vince Gagliardi
Marion Mills
Anne Mitchell
Karen Mitchoff
L Mogianesi in honor of Anthony Bass-Way to go, Congratulations
Ann & Bill Moon in memory of Edward & Frances Moon, George & Ada Warren
Walter Moresi in memory of Shirley Moresi
Glenn Morrison
Sharon Morrison in memory of Bob Griffitts
Shereen Motarjemi
Andrew Moyce
Kim Muller
Matthew and Evelyn Mullins
Carolyn Mun
Christina Munoz in honor of my husband Mal and son Glenn
Joan Murakami
Joseph Murphy
Jodi Murphy
Linda & Dave Myers
Barbara & Jay Myers
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Karen Najarian
Billie Narver
Janet Neale in memory of Richard Neale
James Neel
Paula Nichols
Nobriga Family in memory of Rosalie & Manuel Nobriga
Marcia Nyman
Candace O’Brien
Casey O’Neill
Patricia O’Neill
Leslie Oaks
Jean & Dale Olds
John & Deni Oliver
Rhoda Olkin
Julia Olkin
Dick & Sally Olsen
Fuad & Debra Omran in memory of Nalip & David Omran, Zariffe Denegri
Ethan Orloff
Gary & Joan Ostenberg
Gary Ottesen
Peter Overton in memory of Ryan Stucken
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Norm & Joyce Pacheco
Rodger & Jorene Page
Ken & Jackie Pardini
Linda Paricio
Ronnie Parker-West
Rebecca Parr
Marla Patterson
Christine Pattillo
Fred Paxton
Lamont D Paxton MD
Sons & Daughters Pearl Harbor Survivors Chapter 5 in honor of Pearl Harbor Survivors, living or deceased
Birgit & Ed Pearson
John & Bette Peddicord
Thomas Peltier in memory of Roscoe Sheriff
Nicola Perrone in memory of Fay Perrone
Eleanor Perry in memory of Fred, Kent, & Greg Perry
Thomas Phillips
Sylvia Phillips
Linda Pirlot
Pam & Dennis Plant in memory of Mary Plant
Spencer Platt
Goody Pleasanton in honor of Patty Stirton & Pete Pleasanton
Mike & Khati Pocha
Cindy & Randy Pond
Robin Poppino-Kuntz
Marcia Pratt
Maria Premieau
Michael & Rita Press
Virginia & Jack Preston
Barbara Preston
Jim Price
Jordan & Lynn Price
Yvonne & Michael Prough
R & C Puppione in memory of Bob & Genne Walter
Karen Queen
Jean Quirk
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Ralph Rader & Pamela Deas
Susan Rainey in memory of Richard Rainey
Susan M. Rainey in memory of Richard Rainey
Tom & Carol Raney
Robin Rankin
Michael Rapine
Ann & Don Rathjen
Stephanie Ray
Mary Beth Read
Patricia Read
Richard Reeder
Kathleen & August Reinig in memory of Rosa
Dusty & Linda Rhoades
Vera Elaine Rhodes in memory of K. S. Dusty Rhoades
Robert Rieder
Vickey Rinehart in memory of Margaret Knight
Mertin Ritchie
Jean Robertson
Matthew Rohner in memory of RC Rohner
Joan Rose
Ellen Rosen
Miki Ross in memory of Kevin Mason, J-Too, Anthony, & Daddy James
Lynn Roundy
Joy Roush
Kris Rowland
Jean & Nile Runge
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Robert W Sanders in memory of Mrs Joan L Sanders
Kathleen Sarconi
Bill & Emily Schardt
Bonnie Schlobohm
Gregg Schluntz in memory of Nancy Schluntz
Julie Schnur
Barbara Schonfeld
Joni Schuld
Bill Schumann in memory of Janet Schumann
Joann Scott
Rob & Susan Scott
Pat Seaman & Rodney Kilcoyne
Shirley Semenza
Stephanie Seminoff
Gerald & Leanne Severson
Stephanie Shell
Joe & Janet Sholes
Kathryn Sievers Laborde in memory of Taryn, Marc, & Scott Sievers
Patricia Singer
Shirleymae Skaredoff
Stephen Sklavos
David Skye
Ruth Ann & Tom Smigielski
Laurel Smith
Lance Smith
Celia Sores
Daniel & Sue Spencer in memory of Barbara Bergeron
Cherry Sprague
Thor Start
Carol Statley
Joyce Stein
R & L Steiner
Karin Stenberg
Jutta Stephan
John Stephenson
Mary Stevens
Nora Stoffel in memory of Thomas Stoffel
John & Helen Stone in memory of William Ainslow
Frances & David Strykowski in memory of Esther Morris
Tom Sturm
Kathleen Sullivan
Alan & Dawn Surges
Lois Swanson
Arthur Swenson
T, U, V
Judy Taggart in memory of Gene Taggart
Robert Tamillow in memory of Louisa N Tamillow
Eleanor Tandowsky
Robert & Carol Taunton
John Templeton
Arthur & Joan Tenbrink
Elsa Tenorio
Larry & Carol Tessler
Mark Thibedeau
Jade Thibedeau
Janet Thomas
Alan & Cheryl Thompson in honor of Laurel Crockett
Jeannie Thomson
Barbara Thornton in memory of Hal Thornton
Lynne Tierney
Quinlan Tom
Ronald Toombs
Rosalynne Torres
Rosalynne B. Torres
Emily Toy
Stacey Travis
Diane Trewin in memory of Mary Beth Pitcher
Sharon & Mike Trott
Sonny & Gail Tsuboi
Timothy Tsun
Thomas Tucker
TWANDA Foundation
John & Gwynne Tysell
Mary Ulrich in memory of Stephan Ulrich
Vea Van Kessel
Corrie Vanderhulst in memory of Susan McClanahan
Robin & Dean Vanni in memory of Fred Vanni
Nancy Vasko
Gerald Veiluva
Lou & Candace Venegas in honor of the Mackin Family
Andrea Vigil
Ted Von Hemert
Linda VonNovak
W, X, Y, Z
Susan Wacek
Susan Wagner
John and Janine Walkinshaw
Marjorie Wallace in memory of Ron Wallace
Bryan & Susan Walley
Jim Walsh
James Walsh
Carolyn Wang in memory of Buddy who went to dog heaven
Patricia Ward
Mr & Mrs Bill Watanabe in memory of Mr. & Mrs. James Kamada
Brent & Terri Watkins in memory of Frank & Theresa Hannig
Pamela Waysack in memory of Robert Kirby
Lisa Weaver
Betty & William Webster
Ruth Weimann
Melanie Wendell
Sally West
Carolyn & Tom Westhoff
Ninette Wettstein
Idell Weydemeyer in memory of DG Meremeyer
Aria & Bill White in memory of Lois & Bill White
Deborah Whitney
Shirley & Wayne Wiegand
Bob & Judy Wilkenfield
Patsy Williams
Diane Williams
Margaret Williams
Lisa Williams
John & Noel Wilson
Lois Winter
Anne Winter
Martha & Sanford Wishnev
Judy Wobleski
Lindsay Wong
Kathy Woolley in memory of Al & Betty Steffe and Al & Irene Petrini
Pamela Wyche
Betty Yates
Michael Yoshino
Meredyth & Gregory Young in memory of John Eilers
Randall & Sharon Young in memory of Rob & Dollie Young and Chip & Mickey Imai
Wayne Young
Mary Young in honor of Grace Loney & Muggs
Jon & Bette Zbasnik
Linda Zercher
Tom & Carol Zientara
Carol Zuckerman
Barbara Zuniga
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