To the Editor:
The people of Waldoboro have been amazing once again this year in their generous donations this holiday season. It’s been a rough year for everyone economically, but the people of Waldoboro have proven to be amazingly generous and thoughtful.
I see it every year, but it still awes me. This year’s Waldoboro Toy Program went very well, with a lot of help. As always, I feel very privileged to be part of such a wonderful and generous event.
We provided toys, hats and mittens to 173 children (or 73 families) this year. We started the year with $3085.46 (as of December 2012) in the Waldoboro Toy Program account and we spent $2132.23 on toys, hats and mittens. We raised $1914.22. We earned $6.55 in interest for 2012.
I would like to thank the citizens of Waldoboro who helped make this year’s Waldoboro Toy Program come together successfully. I especially want to thank the many children who donated toys so that other children could have a better Christmas; my hat is off to you all.
This year we had an interesting thing happen. Toys and money were donated in memory of Gordon and Dorothy Scott, Alice Sanborn, Patricia Chapman and Wyatt Andrew Hall. Thank you to all the people who thought of the children of Waldoboro in the name of their loved ones, and friends.
I hope the coming year brings prosperity, happiness and health to you all.
Melody Tracy, Waldoboro Toy Program
Waldoboro
