Dear Portland Press Herald Toy Fund,
I’m a divorced dad with custody of my two children. By the time I pay my bills, I am lucky to have $20 left from my paycheck. I have been working for 31 years and have never asked for help. I am stretched so thin and would really like to be able to give my children a little something this year. They have been so good.
Thank you for your consideration,
Dad needs help
The Portland Press Herald Toy Fund aims to provide toys for 7,000 children in Cumberland, York, Sagadahoc, Lincoln and Knox counties. Applications are being accepted and readers of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram are once again encouraged to put smiles on children’s faces during the holiday season.
Applications can be downloaded at pressheraldtoyfund.org or call 791-6672 to have one mailed to you or pick one up at the Welcome Center desk on the fifth floor of One City Center in Portland.
Donations can also be made on the website or checks can be made out to the Portland Press Herald Toy Fund and mailed to P.O. Box 7310, Portland, ME 04112. The campaign’s fundraising goal this year is $300,000. The total raised so far is $51,761.
Donors:
Craig Linscott $100
In memory of Elston & Larry $100
In memory of our grandsons Seamus Nee & Benjamin Clough from Kathryn & Thomas Nee $50
Nancy & Michael Mancini $200
In memory of Murray Tenney of Falmouth $25
Christone Palmer & Arian Eigan Heald $100
In memory of Sean, our son and brother, from the Caseys $150
In memory of Mum $20
In memory of Josie, from Pamela Knowler Lawrason $50
William W. Poole $50
In memory of Frank S. O’Donnell $50
Raymond & Jane Dupee $25
In memory of Mike Johnson Sr. from wife Dale $20
Donna & Greg Barmore $200
Staff at Sevee Maher Engineers $700
Anonymous $50
In memory of Al and Phyllis St.Clair $25
Isabelle & Harold Schumaher – Doris Lyons $25
Anonymous $100
Jeff, Ellen & Connor Worthing $75
Richard & Jane Petersen $500
In loving memory of our parents, Carl & Millie Maksut $50
In loving memory of our parents, Joseph & Jacqueline Gagne $50
From my grandchildren – Lia, Joshua, Emma, Adriana, Anna & Robbie $50
David Dyer $50
Thank you for helping! Ken Cheney $100
In honor of Grandmother, Sue and Paul, Dick and Jean, Kel and Eline, KC and Alice, Love and Merry Christmas, Dick and Evie Tonneson $500
In memory of lost loved ones, the Fryes $35
In memory of John Fryling, from Sandra Britten $100
In loving memory of Marion, Bud, Brian and Drew $150
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