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For the 34th year, Quicksie 98.3 partnered with area factories to help make the holidays brighter for area children in need by way of the Quicksie Toy Factory.
Quicksie 98.3 Marketing Executive, and Quicksie Toy Factory organizer, Jennifer Meyers said the Toy Factory came about when station personnel were brainstorming on ways to give back to the community.
“We thought, ‘Hey, why not? We’ve got all this great industry here. Let’s reach out to all these factories and see which ones we can get to help us out,’” Meyers said. “So all these years later, we’re still going strong. This year, we have nine toy factories, and all the toys go to Helping Hand of Hope.”
Meyers escorted the Coleman Allied toy sled to each factory location, and delivered the donated items to Helping Hand of Hope, where Executive Director Hope Burke was happy to receive them for their Affordable Christmas Program.
“All of this, or the majority of it, will go for our second week for our Affordable Christmas Program because we have another weekend full of families that are coming to shop for their kiddos, and so we love this program because families get to come and be loved on at the churches and get to come and actually shop for their children,” Burke said.
There’s still time to support the Affordable Christmas Program ahead of the holidays.
“Gift cards are probably the greatest need now, so when we are running out of a certain age or something like that we can fill that in with that so parents can have that choice to pick out something for their child as well,” Burke said.
Visit www.helpinghandofhope.org to donate or learn more.
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