A second truckload of children’s gifts, and donations to pay for them, are called for this year.

Jon Hebert, 74, recalls plenty of gifts when he was a boy in Westbrook, and likes to help ensure happy holidays for needy children in Maine.

She says that after meeting expenses, she has nothing left for the holidays.

The mother of two boys in southern Maine writes, “as the expenses add up, I am left with little or no extra money.”

Her children will be among the thousands of Maine kids who find presents to unwrap on Christmas morning, thanks to readers’ generosity.

The grandmother in southern Maine wrote to the Portland Press Herald Toy Fund.

Shelley Snodgrass of Freeport will lead a benefit yoga class in the Yarmouth studio of the Freeport Yoga Co.