The charity is continuing to seek donations to cover its costs and keep the 69-year-old tradition alive.
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Toy Fund: Maine children wake up to a merry Christmas morning
They have toys to unwrap thanks to the readers and businesses that donated to the Press Herald Toy Fund.
Toy Fund: Matthew Barron had a vision to help children without toys
What is now the Press Herald Toy Fund in the Spirit of Bruce Roberts is still going strong.
Toy Fund: Girl knows the true meaning of Christmas – and she’s only 5
But her mom does want her daughter to experience the joy of finding gifts under the tree.
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.
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.
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.
Toy Fund: Mother donates plasma to pay for room in hotel
Her temporary state assistance ‘leaves no money for presents or clothes.’
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.
Toy Fund: Illness or injury often prompts parents to ask for kids’ gifts
This season’s donations total $66,559 so far.