WELCOME TO WISH BOOK 2020
Dear Readers,
In a year of so much change, we all need more hope to inspire us. Welcome to the 38th season of The Mercury News Wish Book.
This year, unlike any other, proves that we can adapt, assist and endure. This is a thread that runs through the stories our award-winning journalists are sharing with you. These stories highlight individuals, families and groups who are experiencing an even more profound loss. To ease their hardship, whether it be financial, emotional, their careers or their health, is the best gift we can think of.
The Wish Book edition is a joy for us to write and present to our readers. The holiday stories, which have been improving lives since 1983, address problems big and small. So far, readers have donated more than $11 million and for that we thank you so much. We hope you can help make more dreams come true this year.
We are a community newspaper and supporting one another is especially crucial this year. Yes, we are Silicon Valley, but we are also small-business owners, delivery drivers, grocery workers, teachers, nurses, day care providers and more. We are a part of this community and with your help, can make it better this holiday season.
You may help two ways:
Make a secure donation online at wishbook.mercurynews.com or fill out the donation coupon, attach your check or credit card information, and mail it to: Mercury News Wish Book c/o Medianewsgroup, PO Box 909, San Jose, CA 95106.
Contributions of all sizes are welcome and are tax-deductible. All costs of the Wish Book program are paid for by the Bay Area News Group, which means 100 percent of your donation goes directly to helping people in our community. One way to enhance the effect of your gift is to use your company’s matching donation program, if it has one. Your human resources department should be able to help with forms.
If more money comes in than is needed to grant a specific wish, we will use the extra funds to pay for other wishes.
Thank you for your generosity. Happy Holidays!