When Mara and Kayla Winfrey started their annual holiday hot chocolate stand to raise money for the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots program, they did not plan to continue the tradition for 20 years. Of course, they were 2 and 4 years old at the time. Their father, Dave Winfrey,[Read More…]
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Winfrey sisters smash their own record in Toys for Tots fundraiser
Kayla and Mara Winfrey have outdone themselves in their quest to make youngsters happy at Christmastime. The sisters held their 19th annual hot chocolate fundraiser on Friday, Dec. 16. They said they have topped the previous year’s total donations every year since they raised $50 the first year, when they[Read More…]
Winfrey girls break Toys for Tots fundraising record one quarter at a time
Inflation has not hit the Winfrey girls’ hot chocolate stand, an annual fundraiser for the Marine Corp Reserves Toys for Tots program. In spite of their low prices, Kayla, 18, and Mara, 16, managed to break their own fundraising record, bringing in $1,650 this year. That meant more toys for needy[Read More…]
Toys from police shopping spree will again go to needy kids
Flossmoor police officers, during their Monday pre-holiday shopping spree, got a peek inside Santa’s workshop. Or at least the closest than any of us will ever get to it. The officers were granted access to a holiday storage area at Flossmoor’s Meijer store for the Marine Reserve’s Toys for Tots[Read More…]
Flossmoor police shopping trip nets holiday toys for needy kids
And on the 12th day before Christmas, Santa wore a blue uniform. Flossmoor police officers Monday filled their baskets with toys during a shopping spree at the village’s Meijer superstore.
Toys for Tots donations accepted
‘Tis the season for giving as the national Toys for Tots drive gets underway with a collection drop-off in Homewood. Donations of new toys are being collected at the Edward Jones Investments Office of Matt Michalik at 18115 Dixie Highway in downtown Homewood. From now until Tuesday, Dec. 6, unwrapped[Read More…]
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