Melrose Emergency Fund Holiday Donations Coming In

The following is submitted from the Mayor's office:

Donations have begun to arrive in the Mayor’s Office for the Melrose Emergency Fund’s holiday fund-raiser. At press time, they amounted to over $5,000.

“I am amazed and touched by the generosity of the people of Melrose,” said Mayor Paul Brodeur. “The Emergency Fund is unique, and it’s part of what makes Melrose special. Melrose may be a small city, but it has a big heart.”

The purpose of the Emergency Fund is to provide one-time help to Melrose residents experiencing financial emergencies. Most of the help the fund provides is basic needs—food, fuel, and utilities. The fund depends entirely on donations from the public, and every penny goes to direct aid to Melrose residents. There is no overhead, because city staff administer the fund as part of their regular duties. All applications are confidential.

Recent donors to the Emergency Fund include:

Melrose Over 30 Baseball
Robert and Maryann Sullivan
William and Mary Hanlon
Melrose High School Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams
Eleanor and Marco Marchi
Barbara and Paul Leedham
Robert and Susan Walsh
Michael Bibilos
Janice Walsh
John Gibbons
David and Jennifer McAndrew
Joan Leighton, in honor of Mr.& Mrs. Paul Dahnke, Ms. Patricia Gallitto, and Mr. & Mrs. John
Snodgrass
Sean Sweeney and Valerie Hays
Sean and Sioban Haldeman
Tom McCarthy
The Family of Patrick Ruzzo
Deanne and Judy Hasselbrack
Susan and Edward Hollingshead
Anne and Thayer Fremont-Smith
Jack Eccles
John Gilgunn
Martin and Mary Robichaud
Ronald and Dianne Cheney
Susan and John Nadworney
Francis and Marguerite Squatrito
Thomas and Eileen Torpey
Gail Infurna
Gail E. Berg
Vin Romano and Mary Ellen McNamara

Kathleen and Robert Rotondi
Rosemary A. Connors-Botto and James V. Botto
George and Sally Stubbs
Donald and Laura McCracken
The Woolf Family
Linda Fennell
Barbara Perry
Mary Werler
Carol and Kevin Ferguson
Ronald and Deborah Harding
John and Carol Brandano
John Calabro and Agusta Agustsson
Robert Hughes
David and Maureen Kourtz
Henry and Maura Bagley

To make a donation, send a check to Melrose Emergency Fund, Mayor’s Office, 562 Main St., Melrose, MA 02176 or bring it directly to the Mayor’s Office on the second floor of City Hall.

Checks should be made out to the City of Melrose, with “Melrose Emergency Fund” in the memo line. For more information about the fund, call 781-979-4440.