Numerous parents write to the toy fund that they face the holidays without a home, or a way to provide holiday gifts to their children.
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Pandemic’s child care challenges push some parents to financial edge
Many parents who wrote to the Press Herald Toy Fund say a lack of child care options forced them to seek help.
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Toy fund’s oldest friends keep tradition alive
A family that began supporting the fund in 1949 is one of many old friends who appear in the daily list of donors.
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Toy Fund donors provide what children need right now: joy
The Press Herald Toy Fund hears from many parents that the pandemic has made life harder for them and their children.
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After pandemic shuts down family business, grandmother turns to toy fund for help
The grandparents are trying to care for four grandchildren on one salary this year.
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Mother asks for help: ‘It has been hard’
“With my unemployment running out, we are not sure how we can afford Christmas for the kids. The boys have been such great kids throughout everything … and we are doing our best to keep things normal even though COVID is still around.”
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Toy fund volunteers ‘ready to go’ after many had to sit out 2020
While many longtime helpers are able to return to duty, the Press Herald Toy Fund will continue to operate using extra precautions against COVID-19.
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Donations adding up for toy fund
Donors to the Press Herald Toy Fund dug deep this year, pushing the year-to-date total over $240,000. The outpouring of generosity couldn’t have come at a better time for the many families who needed help to give their children some joy and a sense of normalcy at the holidays. There is no time limit on […]
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Donors, volunteers rally to help children in historic year
Thousands of Maine children are enjoying holiday gifts because of the generosity of strangers. And thousands of struggling parents know someone out there cares. The Press Herald Toy Fund will soon wrap up its 71st holiday season. And, while the end results are the same, it has been a year like no other. Donors rallied […]
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Mother remembered for devotion to family and the toy fund
Many donations to the toy fund are made in memory of mothers. That seems especially true this year, with notes from donors about how it was their mothers who filled the holidays with warmth and joy and lasting memories. One such donation came from Mary Turner: “In memory of my mom, Ruth Hamm, who donated every […]