This Christmas, I’m reaching out on behalf of a small, loving family — a mother and her three children: a bright kindergartener and two teenage sons.

The family has faced a hard year after the father left, and they now live on the mother’s limited disability income. They have no car and no nearby family to help, yet their home is filled with love and courage.

My hope is to raise $300 to provide a few small gifts for the children and a warm Christmas dinner.

If you can give $10 or whatever you can afford, your kindness will brighten their Christmas and remind this family that they are not forgotten.

Thank you for giving Lovingly this Christmas season.

— Bernald F. Ashmead