Volunteer who helps others needs help herself

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Web posted Tuesday, December 18, 2001

5:19 a.m. CT



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Volunteer who helps others needs help herself





By Bruce Beck

Goodlife Correspondent



Despite Ms. EE's numerous problems, she volunteers to help the less fortunate.



After working for years for a California utilities company, Ms. EE has found that her move to Amarillo has been complicated by health problems, which forced her out of the workforce. Her battles with hepatitis and osteoarthritis have been overshadowed by the results of carpal tunnel surgery, which has left her with limited use of her hands.



While she waits for her government disability insurance claim to wend its way through the bureaucracy, she fights emotional frustration. To keep her mind off her situation, she immerses herself in the novels of Stephen King and biographies.



All Ms. EE wants for Christmas is a new toaster or some new bathroom towels. Ms. EE dreamed of a happy retirement but now she can only think of survival. She wants basic items that would give her joy at home.



A contribution to the Empty Stocking Fund can make Ms. EE's holiday a more joyful occasion.



Donations may be made in person to Susie Self in the publisher's office on the first floor of the Globe-News Building, 900 S. Harrison St. Call 345-3363 or 345-3258.



In-kind contributions may be dropped off at the Amarillo Globe-News during regular business hours. Monetary donations may be made to the Empty Stocking Fund, P.O. Box 2091, Amarillo, TX 79166.



A donation may also be made in memory of or in honor of individuals. Acknowledgement of the donation will be mailed upon request.



Online donations may be made using Visa, Mastercard or Discover cards at amarillonet.com/emptystocking.



The Empty Stocking Fund is a 501(c)(3) organization, and donations are tax-deductible.



Previous Balance $52,004.06



via Internet .. In honor and love of my



grandparents, Bill & Jody Sewell



and Wayne & France Sooter, by



Aric Austin Sooter $20



via Internet.. In memory of Aunt



Nanny (Nancy Gerald, R.N.) by



Ashley & Evan Gerald, Amarillo $100



Members of Laureate Zeta Beta B.S.P. $60



In honor of Vance & Anita Reed, by



the Employees at Coors $200



In honor of the Partners at Leon



L. Hoyt & Co., LLP $60



Paul & Ruby Marquis, Amarillo $25



In memory of Victoria Hochin and



Rachel Stewart, by Tom &



Carlie Burdett, Amarillo $100



Employees of Social Security



Administration, Amarillo $405



Mr. & Mrs. Bob Callan, Amarillo $100



With love & honor for all my families



& in loving memory of the many



gone, by Lorene L. Walsh, Amarillo $600



Larry & Sandras Dippel, Amarillo $100



Maylynn & I.W. Ayers, Spearman $25



Jan Ellsworth, Spearman $50



In loving memory of my sweet



daughter-in-law, Debbie Stanford, by



Dottie Lopez, Amarillo $25



John C. Williams, Fritch $100



Mr. & Mrs. Ernest King, Amarillo $50



Mr. & Mrs. A.R. James, Amarillo $25



In memory of Dee Stark $20



In memory of Bill Zoller $25



In memory of Warren Skipper, Gene



Betty & Fred Rennke, by Sam



& Charlotte Smith, Amarillo $50



In memory of O.V.W. and W.W.W. $100



L.K. & Suzanne Fuller, Amarillo $100



John & Carole Lietzke, Livermore, Calif. $100



Covenant Class, First Christian



Church, Amarillo $75



In honor of our children, grands, and



great-grand, by Bonnie & F.G.



Crofford, Amarillo $200



In loving memory of my son Pat



Flores, by Joe Flores, Stratford $100



Mr. & Mrs. Alden Olson, Pampa $100



In loving memory of our sister, Joyce



Penington, by Mae Hollis & Ruth



Denham, Amarillo $25



In memory of our parents: Mr. & Mrs.



R.E. Swinford and Mr. & Mrs. G.H.



Balko, by Mr. & Mrs. A.L. Balko $100



Carlie B. Simpson, Amarillo $100



Mrs. Ed A. Timmons, Amarillo $50



Murel & Billie Blanscet, Amarillo $40



Mr. & Mrs. D.E. McMahan, Amarillo $100



In memory of our parents, by John



& Doris Pickett $100



Larry & Merle Clemishire, Amarillo $100



Mr. & Mrs. G.C., Amarillo $100



In loving memory of my husband



E.P. Taylor & my son Joe Taylor, by



Mike Taylor $50



In memory of my husband L.A.



Leediker & my son Gus Leediker, by



Mrs. L.A. Leediker, Amarillo $50



Joe & Phyllis Goodwin, Amarillo $100



Mrs. Johnie Rodgers, Amarillo $100



Mark Trowbridge, Amarillo $200



In memory of Henry (Hank) Tenorio, by



Lori Dunavin, Amarillo $100



In loving memory of Grandpa Buddy



Chase, by your granddaughters Lauren



& Hannah Chase, Darrouzett $25



In memory of Debbie Mula Plawner



& Skly Plawner, by Patricia Burleso



& Family $50



Amarillo Plastic Fabricators, Inc. $300



In loving memory of my husband Johnny



Linville, by his wife Della Linville, Hedley $25



6 anonymous donations $825



Total $57,459.06