A grandmother in southern Maine wrote to the Portland Press Herald Toy Fund about how she is struggling to raise her three young grandsons.
She cares for the boys on a fixed retirement income, she wrote, and would be lost without organizations that provide basics such as clothes for the fast-growing boys, the oldest of whom is 10. And at Christmas, she wrote, she knows she can rely on the toy fund to make sure the boys don’t go without presents.
“In the past, you have helped us and the boys are always so excited to see their gifts under the tree,” she wrote, asking for help again this year. “We all appreciate all the help and support we have gotten from you! God Bless and Merry Christmas.”
The Portland Press Herald Toy Fund in the Spirit of Bruce Roberts is using donations from readers to provide toys to thousands of Maine children who might otherwise not receive holiday gifts because of hardships faced by their parents.
The fund – now in its 67th year – is accepting applications for toys from needy families in Cumberland, York, Sagadahoc, Lincoln and Knox counties.
Applications can be downloaded at pressheraldtoyfund.org or picked up at the Welcome Center desk on the fifth floor of One City Center in Portland.
Call 791-6672 to have one mailed to you.
Donations to help buy the toys can be made on the website or by writing checks to the Portland Press Herald Toy Fund and mailing them to the fund at P.O. Box 7310, Portland, ME 04112.
For more information and to donate online, go to: pressheraldtoyfund.org
See more stories about the fund at pressherald.com.
FRIDAY’S TOY FUND DONORS
Happy Holidays to All! – Jeff, Ellen & Connor Worthing $50
Joseph Kocknavate $3,000
Marge & Ed Hodges $75
In memory of Ann Waterhouse $50
Lucille Hatcher $25
John Lanenbach $100
In honor of our grandchildren, Emmerson and Elijah – John & Joan $50
In memory of Leroy Tucker – Eva Giro & Arnold Howe $100
To honor our grandchildren and great-grandson, Angela, Matthew, Andrea, Joshua, Jeremy, Jameson, Andre $50
The Brooks family $600
Anonymous $20
In loving memory of Susan M. Conroy – Alexandra Conroy Rodrigue $20
In memory of our sweet daughter Ginny, from Mary Murphy $50
Anonymous $40
Ho!Ho!Ho! $40
Brenda McIntyre $100
Total to date: $25,080.60
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