Portland Press Herald Toy Fund
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PublishedNovember 29, 2020
Donations honor memory of former toy fund director
Gordon Corkum, who led the Press Herald Toy Fund for many years, died last May at the age of 77.
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PublishedNovember 28, 2020
Family teetering on edge of homelessness asks for help
Parents of two children, ages 5 and 2, say they have nothing for gifts this year.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2020
Letters from parents reflect grim statistics: ‘It’s tough out there’
More than 43,000 Mainers are jobless this holiday season.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2020
Warehouse buzzes as Toy Fund prepares to help children
Volunteers are bracing for a flood of requests for help from families struggling through the pandemic and hoping to preserve some normalcy for their children during the holidays.
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PublishedNovember 15, 2020
The Maine Millennial: Not too soon to consider holiday giving
In a pandemic-ravaged economy, families will need what the Press Herald Toy Fund has been delivering for 73 years.
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PublishedSeptember 23, 2020
Newspaper toy fund starts raising money early for a challenging holiday season
Organizers of the Portland Press Herald Toy Fund expect the need for help around the holidays will be significantly greater because of the pandemic.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2020
Eddie’s Variety Store in Portland helps out toy fund again
Cash donations from readers are still needed to sustain the charity as it moves into a new decade helping Maine families.
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PublishedDecember 31, 2019
Toy Fund donations still coming in
The fund has now collected over $120,000 that will go toward Christmas gifts for Maine children.
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PublishedDecember 29, 2019
School penny drive keeps adding up for Toy Fund
The students and adults at Brown School in South Portland continue a tradition that has helped less fortunate kids for many years.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2019
Years after Toy Fund helped his family, man gives back
He doesn't remember the specific toys he unwrapped that Christmas morning, only that they meant a lot.
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