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Empty Stocking Fund
Providing food & toys since 1914
Goal: $50,000
Today's total: $25,960
Previous total: $23,125
Zeta Amicae of Beaumont $100
Merry Christmas. Paul Robertson $20
Merry Christmas from Jack & Billie Lee $100
In memory of my beloved husband Hugh by Anna Smith $20
Anonymous $20
Dr. A. Bharathi $250
In memory of my husband, Carl; granddaughter, Rachel; parents, Earl & Eleanor Albright and Carl & Maude King; brother, Carl King by Mary Albright $100
Anonymous $50
In memory of Carlo Busceme III.

It's been more than three decades since a 6-year-old Matthew Matheny was photographed for the newspaper paper digging rolls of coins out of a brown paper sack to donate to The Beaumont Enterprise's Empty Stocking Fund.
Even after moving away for college and starting a family, the Beaumont attorney - now 39 - has carried on the annual tradition of donating to E.J., the charity's pajama-clad toddler mascot.
Back in 1984, the sandy-haired, grinning Matheny gave $7.40 in change to help ensure local children had toys under their Christmas trees.