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Toy Fund donors agree: 'Every child should have a book'
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 11—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 ...
Retirees step up for Toy Fund: 'Everyone wants to help'
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 8—Many of the tireless volunteers behind the Press Herald Toy Fund found their way to the organization after retiring. For Craig and Gail Kinney of Yarmouth, the Toy Fund has provided them ...
Longtime toy fund volunteer inspires donations
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 30—Volunteers have kept the Press Herald Toy Fund going since the very start 73 years ago. And few were as devoted as Linda Ford. Ford was a Massachusetts native who settled with her husband ...
Life of service inspires gifts to Toy Fund
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 17—Doris Cook was always eager to be of service. To her friends, her neighbors, her church, her community and to thousands of children she never met. And she was a hard worker. Cook, who ...
Single parents struggle with rising rents
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 13—With consumer prices and rising rents straining the budgets of two-income families, the Press Herald Toy Fund is hearing from many single parents who say they can no longer pay for basic ...