SUNBURY -- The Needy Family Fund has topped $115,000 as donations continue to come in following the Christmas holiday.

The balance is $115,611, said a spokeswoman for Susquehanna Bank, the fund's depository. That sum includes a $25,000 challenge grant from the Degenstein Foundation.

Sponsored by The Daily Item, Sunbury Broadcasting Corp. and Susquehanna Bank, the Needy Family Fund raises money to buy food, clothing and gifts for the Valley's less fortunate. It is administered by Salvation Army citadels in Sunbury and Milton.

Recent contributors include: Paul Culbertson, Selinsgrove, $50; Brad, Mitzie, Brady and Emily Reese, Catawissa, $100; Bob and Rebecca Zimmerman, Sunbury, $100; Robert and Marilyn Miller, Lewisburg, $100; Quentin and H.S. Snook, Mifflinburg, $100.

Also, David and Bonnie Klinger, Dornsife, $50; Susquehanna Valley Computer Users, $100; Robert and Grace Kerstetter, Selinsgrove, $50; Zion United Methodist Church Men's Class 10, $25; Tom and Susan Travis, Lewisburg, $50; Carol Hauck, Sunbury, $50.

Also, Molesevich Environmental, Lewisburg, $100; John Carpenter, Lewisburg, $100; in memory of Palmer Batman, Helen Batman and Ann DiRienzo, $100; Cindy and Peter Ackley, Selinsgrove, $25; Ron and Maxine Hendricks, Mifflinburg, $50; Val and Tucker Orbison, Lewisburg, $50; Don and Nancy Dailey, Northumberland, $25; Max and Martina Bingaman, Kreamer, $200; Alex Gruenberg, Duncannon, $50; Ira Middlesworth & Son Co., Middleburg, $200; Florence Blank, Selinsgrove, $100; Susan Hegberg, Selinsgrove, $30.

Also, Stephanie Snyder, Lewisburg, $200; David Diehl, Lewisburg, $50; Roger Hepner, Lewisburg, $50; St. John's Lutheran Altar Guild, Snydertown, $100; Terry and Judy Aunkst, Turbortville, $25; Barbara Brown, Lewisburg, $100; Ken and Cindy Erdman, Trevorton, $25; Janet Hockenberg, Mount Pleasant Mills, $50; Charles Burns, New Columbia, $25; Halen Sauer, Lewisburg, $50; Paul Kline, Beaver Springs, $500; St. Elias Sunday School, Sunbury, $100; Middleburg Elementary School, $331.

Also, in memory of George Stamm by Mae Stamm, Selinsgrove, $50; Northumberland County Assistance Office Employees Fund, $120; Connie and Adrian Delgado, $25; in memory of Scott Brown by Chris and Amy Herbster, $50; Shamokin Dam Health Center PC, Shamokin Dam, $500; John and Carol Blanchard, Sunbury, $75; Nathan Blanchard, Sunbury, $75; Jackie Piermattei, Sunbury, $50; and anonymous donations totaling $1,165.