Red Stocking Fund stalwart Kerry Alley, who has always shunned the spotlight, learned the surprise news on Wednesday that a six-figure fund has been named in his honor.
In 1938 a group of Island women came together to knit six red stockings, fill those stocking with gifts and distribute them to six families in need just in time for Christmas.
Red Stocking applications are available at the following Island locations: public schools, most banks, Health Care Access, Community Services, Island Wide Youth Collaborative, Food Pantry, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head, and M.V. Insurance Agency offices.
Mittens, snow boots, pajamas, winter coats and toys would be hard to come by for some of Martha’s Vineyard’s neediest families, if not for the Red Stocking Fund.
The Red Stocking Fund got a big boost Friday with a check that was large in size and amount: $13,500 from Safeco Insurance as part of their Make More Happen campaign.
Some 1,700 people turned out at the Portuguese American Club in Oak Bluffs on a rain and sleet-driven Saturday to sample some of the best chili recipes and raise more than $27,000 for the Red Stocking Fund at the 29th annual event sponsored by radio station WMVY.
The basement hall at St. Augustine's might well be Santa’s workshop this week, except that Santa is in this case a group of dedicated volunteers with one goal: provide children in need with gifts for Christmas. This year, more than 300 children will receive gifts through the Red Stocking Fund.
