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Article: Charity golf outing boosts Neediest Cases: Charleston Daily Mail Neediest Cases Appeal
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- January 13, 2003
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A golf outing sponsored by Charleston Newspapers turned out to be
a real boost for the Daily Mail's Neediest Cases Appeal.
The annual outing, established as a charity event, brought a check
for $3,400 to the newspaper's appeal.
Several other large contributions that came in the appeal's final
days helped boost the bottom line for the 2002-2003 appeal to
$126,031.14.
While not a record for the appeal, which raised nearly $140,000 in
2001, the amount reflects the appeal's legacy in recent years of
topping the $100,000 mark.
This year, the appeal received its first stock donation, an
anonymous offering handled by a local brokerage firm. The donor's
generosity brought in $2,615 when the stock ...