Today is the last day that donations of used toys will be taken for this year’s Mac’s Toy Fund distribution party, which will be Saturday morning at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center.
If you have used toys in good working order, please consider donating them to Mac’s. They can be dropped off at BJW Printing and Office Supplies, 3100 Robert C. Byrd Drive, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.
Monetary donations are needed to pay for other expenses including new toys, materials for handcrafted wooden toys, bikes, bike repairs and helmets, new coats and venue rental.
If you would like to donate a bike and need someone to pick it up, please call 304-252-3874 or e-mail bsa.troop.103.beckley@gmail.com. The bike need not be in perfect condition; Boy Scouts of Troops 103 and 3 will make repairs.
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Shady Spring High School cheerleaders are conducting a used coat drive. The teens have placed large decorated boxes in businesses in Beckley, Beaver and Shady in which you can place donated coats.
New and used coats are being accepted for Mac’s Toy Fund at Chateaux Interiors in Beckley; Kroger at Beaver, Harper Road and Beckley Crossing; CVS in Beaver; Big Lots in Beckley; Chick-fil-A at Beckley Galleria; Family Coin Laundry; The Register-Herald; Walgreens in Beaver; Raleigh General Hospital; Chili’s in Beckley and all Shady Spring schools.
Following are the most recent donations to Mac’s Toy Fund’s 2012 fundraising drive:
Bobby and Susan Green of Daniels, in loving memory of her father, Marvin Lamb, $50
Tom and Vicki Moss of Beckley, in memory of George and Martha Moss, $50
Woughilla Lilly Bucy, mother; Winifred Bucy, sister; and Samantha (niece) and her husband, in memory of James. A. Bucy, who died April 29, 1998, of Lou Gehrig disease, $50
Gerald and Rita Johnson of Beckley, $100
In memory of Annie Florence Thompson, $100
Central Baptist Church, Beckley, $100
Anonymous, $50
In memory of William D. (Bill) Christy by his family, $25
Jim and Pat Reed of Beckley, $50
Today’s total: $575
Total to date: $15,816.90
Send donations to:
Mac’s Toy Fund
P.O. Box 2398
Beckley, WV 25802
Mac's Toy Fund
Last day to donate used toys for Mac’s
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Mac’s Toy Fund
Since the times of America’s First Great Depression, a Christmas season tradition has been taking place in Beckley to make certain that as many of our neediest children can experience the holiday with some cheer.
Established in 1930 by the late Ted “Mac” McDowell, who was editor of the Beckley Post Herald at the time, Mac’s Toy Fund will hold its annual party on Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center. - Mac's Toy Fund — Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013
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Mac's Toy Fund donations continue
Monetary donations to Mac’s Toy Fund will be accepted through the end of the year. Following are the most recent donations to the 2012 fundraising drive:
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Monetary donations to Mac’s Toy Fund to be accepted through end of the year
Monetary donations to Mac’s Toy Fund will be accepted through the end of the year. Following are the most recent donations to the 2012 fundraising drive:
- Mac's Toy Fund — Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012
- Mac's Toy Fund — Monday, Dec. 17, 2012
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There's still time to give to Mac's Fund
The lights are out. The party’s over. But just like any family Christmas, the bills soon will begin to roll in.
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Area children to choose their Mac's gifts today
Today is the day. Thousands of children and their parents will swarm the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center’s main floor to choose the gifts that will make their holidays brighter.
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