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PublishedDecember 20, 2022
Volunteer continues family legacy by spreading ‘a little joy’
More than 30 years ago, volunteer Theresa Labrecque’s parents began donating to the toy fund each year.
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PublishedDecember 18, 2022
Appeals to Toy Fund echo through the decades
The notes from parents arrived 30 years apart, but the message was the same: families struggling with rising prices and difficult economic conditions in need of help to provide holiday gifts for their children. In 1951, the third year of what is now known as the Press Herald Toy Fund, fund chairman Matthew Barron didn’t […]
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PublishedDecember 17, 2022
Life of service inspires gifts to Toy Fund
Doris Cook was a longtime volunteer with the Press Herald Toy Fund, packing toys that would be distributed to thousands of children each holiday season.
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PublishedDecember 16, 2022
Families escaping domestic violence seek help
Families shattered by domestic violence turn to the Toy Fund to restore a sense of normality and give their kids a chance to be children again during the holidays.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2022
Businesses answer the call by feeding volunteers
Sometimes keeping the army of Press Herald Toy Fund volunteers working at full speed takes a little pizza.
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PublishedDecember 14, 2022
‘It takes quite a few people to make this happen’
More than 50 volunteers help make the Press Herald Toy Fund happen every year.
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PublishedDecember 13, 2022
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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PublishedDecember 11, 2022
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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PublishedDecember 10, 2022
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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PublishedDecember 9, 2022
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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