Please fill out all sections of this application. Each child age 16 and under in your custody will receive one set of gifts from the Toy Fund. Applications will not be processed without each person’s full birth date.

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Provide your group name so we can process your application and package your gifts as part of the local group.

PART 1: Family information (gifts will be provided only to one parent or legal guardian)

Your Birth Date
Contact information
* I understand that I may be contacted by the Toy Fund staff to verify or clarify information.
Marital status
Please list all children living with you and in your custody
Birth date
Birth date
Birth date
Birth date
Birth date
Birth date
Birth date
Birth date
If you are requesting assistance for more than 8 children please fill out a second application.

PART 2: Statement of need (REQUIRED)

C) I have determined that due to my financial circumstances, I need assistance from the fund. I agree that all gifts received will be given to the children listed on this application and not used for any other purposes. (After your application is processed, you will receive information about when and where to pick up your toys.)

PART 3: Privacy Release

By checking this box, I give permission for my application to be shared with reporters from the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram for possible reference/inclusion in a Toy Fund story. I understand that if I check the box, I may be contact by a reporter.
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The Portland Press Herald Toy Fund is a non-profit organization supported by the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. The Toy Fund solicits money from readers and uses the money to buy new gifts for underprivileged children. The Toy Fund has served children in York, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Androscoggin counties since 1949.

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