More than 50 volunteers help make the Press Herald Toy Fund happen every year.
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Single parents struggle with rising rents
Rising rents and inflation on consumer goods have made holiday gifts for children of many single parents luxuries they can’t afford.
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Toy Fund donors agree: ‘Every child should have a book’
The Press Herald Toy Fund has always been more about the joy than the toy. A simple toy, or two or three, can brighten the life of a child going through a dark time. Imagine a child experiencing a family breakup or illness, the death of a loved one or homelessness without a reason to […]
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Painter spreads joy by helping Toy Fund
Brunswick-based artist Maria Castellano-Usery helps spread joy and light to children in need by donating half the proceeds raised by her 85th Paint-a-Thon to the Press Herald Toy Fund.
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Toy Fund is there for families facing health challenges
This year, with the inflated cost of living also straining household budgets, many families experiencing health challenges are turning to the Press Herald Toy Fund for help.
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Retirees step up for Toy Fund: ‘Everyone wants to help’
With the labor supplied by volunteers and the financial support from donors, the Toy Fund reaches about 3,000 children each year.
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Nonprofit agencies extend reach of Toy Fund
Employees from Spurwink, which supports families and children with developmental disabilities and mental health challenges, are distributing toys to 40 families in the Lewiston area that struggle to provide holiday gifts to their children.
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High costs of food, housing and heat leave no money for gifts
Many parents who didn’t expect to need help say elevated prices of all the essentials have left no money for holiday gifts this year.
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Donor remembers the joy of a special gift: ‘It was a blessing’
Sharon Campbell Grant grew up in Portland’s East End in the 1950s. Her single mother relied on state assistance to support the family and never had money to spare. But Grant has vivid and happy memories of unwrapping Christmas gifts as a little girl, especially one favorite doll. She would later learn it was the […]
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Volunteer grew up rooting for the toy fund
Mary Lou Shuster of South Portland always rooted for the charity to raise enough money so other children would have a joyful holiday, too.