John has struggled with drug addiction since his release from the military. The veteran has been unemployed since the middle of last year and recently came to Star Gospel Mission to ask for a bike.

After a year and a half without income, a local restaurant gave him a job as a dishwasher.

“As soon as I can find an apartment, I’ll use my GI Bill to go to (Trident) Tech,” he said.

Thanks to your contributions to the Good Cheer Fund, Star Gospel will be able to help John with transportation and non-slip shoes – and maybe some manuals in the future, too.

Contributions to The Post and Courier’s Good Cheer Fund have helped the less fortunate in the Lowcountry since 1927. The seven charities sharing the funds raised are the Lowcountry Food Bank, Salvation Army, Star Gospel Mission, Association for blind and visually impaired. , Coastal Catholic Charities, the Carolina Youth Development Center and the Charleston Leadership Foundation. Every penny of the money goes directly to the agencies, as there are no administrative costs involved.

Send tax-deductible contributions to the Good Cheer Fund, ℅ The Post and Courier, 148 Williman St., Charleston, SC 29403. Donations can also be made in person or online at www.goodcheerfund.com.

For more information, email Robie Scott at rscott@postandcourier.com.

CONTRIBUTIONS

Sam and Anne Knight Watson $200.00

Marie Louise Stonehouse-Watts $100.00

The Scheihing family $75.00

The Patterson, Elbery and Saylor families $200.00

Collar. (R) David S. and Anne P. Best $200.00

In honor of our grandchildren: Connor, Libby, Chase, Maddie, Elaine and Hunter $500.00

In Honor of: Robert I. Withers, Veteran of World War II and Korean Conflict, By: Mary Stroble $50.00

Bill and Janyce Dudney $100.00

ANONYMOUS

$200.00

$100.00

$125.00

IN MEMORY OF

Dr. Charlton deSaussure $90.00

Jane & Van Noy Thornhill, John G. Thornhill, Winston Thornhill $100.00

In loving memory of our two parents… Michael & Virginia Prevost $500.00

My husband, Frank O. Grayson $50.00

Sweet Pea & Leo’s Confederate Dead $100.00

W. Paul Cantrell $100.00

John Sinclair and George White $100.00

Mary Ramsay, Eleanor Pearce, Elsie Runey, Ann Hewitt, Kathy Wagers, Cathrine Waring, George Ramsay and Jane Ries of Croghan’s Jewel Box $1,500.00

I miss my beloved husband John Pack very much. $100.00

In memory of our parents: Anna and John Lazarchick and Helen Sophy $100.00

AP and Catherine $100.00

Pearl, John, Richard and Kim Stroble, Mike Sistare, Gladys and Billy Cadden, by: Mary Stroble $50.00

Amanda Powell, George Beckett and Donald Koon, by Bob Withers $100.00

In memory of my husband, Captain Watt Jordan $200.00

In memory of my parents: Lou & Dorothy Compton $100.00

Joann Bolchoz, Joe and Bessie Bolchoz, Reggie and Amanda $200.00

TOTAL OF THE DAY $5,340.00

PREVIOUS TOTAL $86,002.67

YEAR TO DATE $91,342.67

LAST YEAR TO DATE $77,995.00