All her money goes toward rent so this mom turns to Goodfellows for her daughter

Yari has a daughter with a double December blessing. Not only does she have Christmas ahead of her, she will also turn 5 on Dec. 5.

She would love to give her daughter presents. However, she has to use what little money she brings in to keep a roof over their heads.

“We are living in very difficult times, especially economically, because my ex-partner, my daughter’s father, left us,” Yari said. “The little I earn cleaning houses I use for rent and it is not enough to buy clothes or toys for my daughter.”

Yari and others in her situation can turn to the Goodfellow Fund for help. They’ve been helping children from families in need have a memorable holiday for over a century. Once again, the Star-Telegram charity has a goal of helping 13,000 children in Tarrant County have a nice Christmas by providing a $50 tax-free gift certificate for each child for new clothing from Old Navy.

“If you could help me I would be infinitely grateful so that my daughter can have a nice Christmas and birthday since I can’t afford to buy her a gift,” Yari said. “May God bless you for such a beautiful action.”

About the Goodfellow Fund

The story on the Goodfellow website describes its beginning as an offshoot of the first newspaper charity drive in the United States, started by the Chicago Tribune on Dec. 10, 1909. A Chicago city attorney wrote a letter challenging his friends to donate the money they would have spent on holiday partying to charity.

A couple years later, the Advertising Club of Fort Worth staged the first local Goodfellow campaign. On the day after Thanksgiving in 1912, Publisher Amon G. Carter brought the tradition to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

To find out more, or to learn more about helping, visit goodfellowfundfw.com. The post office box for donations and correspondence is P.O. Box 149, Fort Worth, TX. 76101.