Mom seeking opportunities in U.S. hopes Goodfellows can bring her son joy at Christmas
Life in a new place can be exciting, along with uneasy, and even downright scary. When that new place is an entirely different country, while the possibilities can be greater, so can the challenges.
Dunia is learning this. She recently moved from Honduras with her only son with the intention of raising him in the United States and obtaining new opportunities.
“But during the time I have been here, it has been very difficult for me to work since I am not given many job opportunities,” she said. “Sometimes I feel that my process is being quite difficult for me, since I have no income due to the lack of work.”
The Goodfellow Fund can help bring some joy this holiday season. The Star-Telegram charity has been helping folks like Dunia for well over a century and this year in an even bigger way.
This holiday season they are providing a $100 Old Navy gift card to help with clothing for youngsters. It’s double the amount of past Christmases to help compensate for the additional challenge of rising costs.
“I think that this help would be very important for me, and my son would be happy,” she said. “Thank you for taking your time for us.”
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.
New and additional donors are welcome and needed to help cover the cost of doubling the gift card amount.
New and additional donors are welcome and needed to help cover the cost of doubling the gift card amount.
This story was originally published December 11, 2024 at 5:30 AM.