Mac's Toy Fund Awards $29,500 to Local Organizations for Christmas Support

​Continuing a 94-year tradition, Mac's Toy Fund has gifted children in Raleigh County a merrier Christmas. Following 2020, the fund switched from an annual in-person distribution to a grant program for charities that serve children.

"Kids don't differentiate about whether there is upheaval in the world,” said Dawn A. Dayton, Toy Fund Member and former Managing Editor of The Register-Herald. "They just know it's Christmas and they hope that Santa won't pass them over."
 
"Mac's helps to keep that hope alive," Dayton said.

This year, Mac's Toy Fund has awarded $29,500 in grants to 14 local charities for Christmas toys, clothes, and items to help families in need.
 
Grants are as follows:

• AWAY - $1,500
• Beckley Dream Center - $4,000
• Bread of Life Outreach Center - $3,000
• Friends of Coal Ladies Auxiliary - $1,000
• Harmony for Hope, Inc. - $500
• Helping Hands Community Resource Center, Inc. - $3,000
• Hope Ministries Outreach - $1,500
• Mabscott Elementary - $1,000
• MountainHeart Community Services, Inc. - $3,000
• Patty’s Blessings, Inc. - $500
• Raleigh County Community Action Association, Inc. - $1,500
• The Salvation Army - $2,500
• Toys for Tots - $5,000
• United Way of Southern WV, Inc. - $1,500

As part of the tradition that began in 1930, Thanksgiving weekend serves as the kickoff of Mac's fundraising campaign. For 94 years, people from Beckley, southern WV and around the region have donated to the fund, which helps provide a happier holiday season for hundreds of children.

Pete Torrico, Mac’s Toy Fund Member said, “Even though we do not have the annual party at the convention center, Mac’s is still taking care of the children in Raleigh County by making contributions to 14 organizations to help with Christmas parties in Raleigh County. Additionally, $1,500 is being donated to the Kid's Classic and $1,000 to Operation Backpack.”

​Despite changes over the last couple of years, Mac's is still dependent on the generosity of donors who make the fund part of their own holiday traditions.
 
As always, donations are tax-deductible. Monetary contributions can be sent throughout the year, particularly leading up to the Christmas season, by mailing them to 1210 S. Kanawha Street, Beckley, WV 25801. Please make the check out to Beckley Area Foundation and write “Mac’s Toy Fund” in the memo or donate online at bafwv.org.

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