Each year the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund raises money to support programs serving families and children in the Palo Alto area. Since the Weekly and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation cover all the administrative costs, every dollar raised goes directly to support communit programs through grants to non-profit organizations ranging from $1,000 to $25,000.

And with the generous support matching grants from local foundations, including the Packard and Hewlett foundations and the Peery & Arrillaga family foundations, your tax-deductible gift will be doubled in size. A donation of $100 turns into $200 with the foundation matching gifts.

Whether as an individual, a business or in honor of someone else, help us beat last year's total of $280,000 by making a generous contribution to the Holiday Fund. Send in a contribution today (or give online) and then check out our progress by watching the growling list of donors each issue in the Palo Alto Weekly. All donations of $25 or more will be acknowledged in every issue of the Palo Alto Weekly between late November and mid-January.

With your generosity, we can give a major boost to the programs in our community helping kids and families.