Letters to the charity describe Maine kids facing cancer, major surgeries and long trips for care. The Toy Fund aims to lighten the load for those children and their families.
Portland Press Herald Toy Fund
Posted inLocal & State, News
Snowstorm can’t stop Toy Fund volunteers from spreading holiday joy
Volunteers distributed bags of toys and books to more than 2 dozen parents who braved the snow Tuesday to visit the Toy Fund’s South Portland workshop.
advertisement
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine parents turn to Press Herald Toy Fund to find joy for kids amid heartbreak
The Toy Fund will ensure Maine children facing difficult circumstances are able to find some much-needed happiness at the holidays.
Posted inLocal & State, News
On Giving Tuesday, Toy Fund appeals to donors amid surge in demand
The Toy Fund has already received about 1,000 more applications for help with holiday gifts than it did last year, Operations Manager Jeff Ham said.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine parents facing hardship turn to Toy Fund to keep holiday magic alive
Families writing to the fund this season describe the struggle to balance financial and emotional difficulties and the need to give kids a moment of joy.
Posted inLocal & State, News
South Portland woman’s Barbie collection helps Toy Fund buy gifts for kids
The Toy Fund auctioned the dolls — some highly sought-after by collectors — and used the proceeds to purchase holiday presents for Maine children.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Press Herald Toy Fund scrambles to meet huge demand for holiday help
The charity expects to easily surpass its anticipated demand — toys and books for 4,000 children — amid a flood of letters from Maine parents asking for assistance amid a difficult economy and rising cost of living.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Press Herald Toy Fund prepares gifts for 4,000 Maine kids this holiday season
Applications to receive gifts open Oct. 1, but volunteers are already hard at work for the nonprofit’s 76th year making spirits bright.
Posted inLocal & State
Toy Fund wraps up a big year
The Toy Fund raised just over $190,000 in donations from readers and was able to make sure no one was turned away, despite a more than 40% increase in the number of applications for help from last year.
Posted inLocal & State
‘Paint-a-thon’ for Toy Fund brings joy and light to children
Brunswick-based artist Maria Castellano-Usery says her colorful paintings are intended to be “a conduit for joy and light.” And for the ninth straight year, she has brought both of those things to Maine children by using her art to benefit the Press Herald Toy Fund. Brushstrokes with Impact is what Castellano-Usery calls it. Once every […]