Through Christmas Eve, The Garden Island will share daily, front-page stories about families and individuals (we don’t use their real names), who are facing challenges and would appreciate a little help this holiday season.

The Christmas Fund is an avenue for everyone to provide that assistance. Donations are used by Zonta Club members to purchase gift certificates that are in turn distributed to families and individuals through social-service agencies.

The following are some stories we would like to share with our readers.

• Jenny is a single mother of Jake, who is 2, and Milo, who is 1. Jenny hasn’t been working since she had Milo but will go to work when she is able to find childcare. This holiday season will be hard as Jenny is just barely scraping by financially. It would be wonder

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