With generous help from readers, the Tooele Transcript Bulletin Christmas Benefit Fund has brought a lot of joy to persons and families in need over the years.
That track record will continue in 2015, as donations and nominations for prospective benefit fund recipients roll in.
Last year’s benefit fund helped the Jose and Wendy Escamilla family of Tooele. The family had been hard hit with costly medical bills and faced a Christmas without presents and holiday cheer.
But days before Christmas, Transcript Bulletin employees delivered gifts and more than $3,000 cash that had been donated by readers for the Escamillas.
Nominations for this year’s benefit fund should include a thorough description of the hardship or challenge the person or family faces, as well as an explanation of how the benefit fund could help them this Christmas.
Donations and nominations can be mailed to: Transcript Bulletin Christmas Benefit Fund, P.O. Box 390, Tooele, Utah 84074. They can also be dropped off at the Transcript Bulletin’s front office at 58 N. Main Street, next to City Hall.
Nominations can also be emailed to tbp@tooeletranscript.com.