toy fund 2018
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PublishedDecember 22, 2018
Toy Fund: Annual $100 gift in man’s memory marks 32 years
'My father loved Christmas more than anything in the world,' his daughter says.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2018
Charity by a small business takes offbeat route to Toy Fund
DnL Weatherization & Construction in Raymond tells two or three small-job customers that there's no charge, as long as they donate to a good cause.
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PublishedDecember 20, 2018
Toy Fund: Single mom has reason for hope, but still needs help with holiday gifts
'This is the only option I have to get help for my kids ... and one day when I'm able to I plan to pay it forward,' she says.
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PublishedDecember 19, 2018
Toy Fund: Mother donates plasma to pay for room in hotel
Her temporary state assistance 'leaves no money for presents or clothes.'
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PublishedDecember 18, 2018
Toy Fund: Donor recalls father volunteering when charity was launched in 1949
W. Earle Eskilson was among the first of hundreds, if not thousands, of volunteers who have made the fund work for the past 69 years.
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PublishedDecember 17, 2018
Toy Fund: Illness or injury often prompts parents to ask for kids’ gifts
This season's donations total $66,559 so far.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2018
Toy Fund: Couple’s story dates to 1950s Peaks Island
Now they donate every year to make sure other children get the same help.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2018
Toy Fund: Dad’s colon cancer afflicts ‘positive family’
As Christmas nears, they're living off disability, the mother writes.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2018
Toy Fund: Brunswick artist raffling piece from paint-a-thon
Maria Castellano-Usery includes the Press Herald Toy Fund among several charities to benefit from her painting raffles.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2018
Toy Fund: Kids have special needs, 2 southern Maine mothers say
The fund has raised $55,984 so far to help such families provide gifts for their children this holiday season.