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| Kids can smile at Helen's Hope Chest - AZCentral.com Posted: 20 Dec 2010 08:50 AM PST by Jim Walsh - Dec. 20, 2010 09:48 AM Helen's Hope Chest turned into Santa's workshop this week, with children smiling and their foster parents full of gratitude. Volunteers started collecting toys from a variety of sources in October and their efforts paid off: More than 1,500 children are expected to receive gifts. The program is primarily aimed at foster children, but other needy children also receive assistance. Tears welled in Debbie Salazar's eyes when she was asked about the impact of the generosity of others on her life. "I was sitting here faced with how I was going to pay for Christmas. What was I going to do? It means a lot," she said. Analee Pace, the program's grants and assets development specialist, said Helen's Hope Chest collected more than 700 toys from Toys for Tots, 400 from Mattel toys, $10,000 from the Bruce T. Halle Family Foundation at Discount Tire and another $1,500 in Discount Tire gift cards, and 200 coupons for free shoes at Payless Shoes. Gifts were organized in decorative bags stacked in rows based on the age and gender of the recipients. It was the first toy drive since Helen's Hope Chest opened in February. The Mesa United Way distributed toys on a more-limited basis last year, but an estimated five times more children received gifts this year. Salazar, 44, of Queen Creek, the mother of two biological children and five foster children, learned about Helen's Hope Chest from a caseworker. She plans to return next week with the foster children, ranging in age from 13 years to 6 months. Children are allowed to pick out five outfits, four times a year. The program is run by the Mesa United Way in a converted former city housing office at the closed Escobedo housing project. Volunteers sorted through tables full of teddy bears and other stuffed animals, while stacks of games were piled high. Dan Wollam, United Way president and CEO, served as Santa Claus. Children and foster parents were treated to cookies and hot cider. Pat Willis, of Mesa, who has had eight foster children, said the Christmas toy program was a great relief to her. She took in a 13-year-old boy on Friday and had no gifts ready for him. "It's a great help, especially when you get emergency children in. Sometimes when they come, they have hardly anything," she said. Cathy Grosso, a volunteer at Helen's Hope Chest, said she gets as much out of helping the children as they do, receiving the toys at Christmas and clothing and books throughout the year. "It's just been a joy, just helping those kids; it makes your heart warm," Grosso said. "I think it's in the American heart. It's an American trait that we step up when needed." This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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