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Seeking to Sponsor a Project for Christmas 2010

Author: Jeff Westover, My Merry Christmas.com | Filed under: News Wednesday Jun 30,2010

We’re pleased and excited with how 2009 worked out. Nearly $5000 was raised for Drew, who DID get a visit from Santa and a new van!
We are now actively seeking submissions for Christmas 2010. Like last year, we are looking to fill a real need. We won’t put any other limitations on it — we [...]

Update 12/14 — $4000+ Collected for Santa’s Sleigh

Author: Jeff Westover, My Merry Christmas.com | Filed under: News Tuesday Dec 15,2009

We’re pleased to announce that a combination of online and offline efforts have pushed contributions to Santa’s Sleigh 2009 to greater than $4000. Can we make $5000 before Christmas?
It has been an uphill battle. A down economy and an increase in charitable fund raising activity have made it difficult. We have numerous small efforts that [...]

Update 9/28 — $480 Collected for Santa’s Sleigh

Author: Jeff Westover, My Merry Christmas.com | Filed under: News Tuesday Sep 29,2009

Our donation tally so far this year is $480. For the waning weeks of summer, we’re happy with that total so far.
We’re even more happy about the activity we have seen in the past week to help publicize our efforts. In addition to sites of the Merry Network we are working on strategic partnerships [...]

Update 9/21/09 — $300 Collected for Santa’s Sleigh ‘09

Author: Jeff Westover, My Merry Christmas.com | Filed under: News Monday Sep 21,2009

We’re pleased to announced that just one full week into our 2009 campaign we have already collected $300 so far for Santa’s Sleigh. That sounds like very little when compared against our lofty goals (Drew’s needs could be in excess of $50,000) but that total is far ahead of our first year of operation. Also, [...]

Announcing Santa’s Sleigh 2009

Author: Jeff Westover, My Merry Christmas.com | Filed under: News Thursday Sep 10,2009

Meet Andrew — or, Drew, as he is affectionately known by family and friends. He is a 13-year-old California boy with special needs who has defied the odds through years of surgeries and lots of love. He is the sole focus of our efforts for Santa’s Sleigh 2009.
As a growing boy with ongoing medical [...]