The people behind the Toy Fund are counting on a giving spirit this year more than ever because of a big surge in requests for help.

The Press Herald Toy Fund in the Spirit of Bruce Roberts has raised nearly $190,000 since last fall and those funds helped provide new toys and books to more than 2,600 Maine children in need during the recent holiday season. The Toy Fund is now a 75-year-old tradition, sustained since 1949 by the donations of […]

The Press Herald Toy Fund in the Spirit of Bruce Roberts provided new toys and books to more than 2,600 Maine children during the recent holiday season. Once again, the annual gift drive brightened the holidays for children who were most in need of joy. Some have been homeless, escaped domestic violence or lost a […]

Donations continue to arrive at the Press Herald Toy Fund as supporters make year-end gifts and wrap up their own fundraising efforts. The charity accepts donations year-round, although it relies on the holiday season for the bulk of funding it uses to buy toys and books for children in need. Names of donors will continue […]

Toy Fund volunteers, who include many retired teachers, are always happy to make expert book selections.

A humble beginning has become an annual tradition that has brightened the holidays for hundreds of thousands of Maine children over the past 7 decades

What do the the ladies of the Women’s Riverside Golf Association have in common with the Portland Harley Owners Group? Sure, they both like a good clean drive. But, more to the point, they both love kids. And both are listed below in the daily list of donors to the Press Herald Toy Fund. They […]

And many of these parents know what holiday gifts can mean to a child going through such a difficult experience.

Team members simply knock on doors and ask for donations. Once they explain it’s for the Toy Fund volunteers, the answer is always yes.