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Report to the Selectmen 2015
Buxton Toy Box celebrates its 20
th
anniversary by spreading Christmas cheer, warmth, and joy.
Since 1995 the Buxton Toy Box has made Christmas happen for Buxton children ages birth to 18.
This program is supported financially by private donations, and all the work is done by volunteers.
Applications to the Buxton Toy Box are processed through the Selectmen’s Office at the Town
Hall.
In 2015 the community gave generously making Christmas brighter for 114 children from 54
Buxton families. Thanks to a grant from Narragansett Number One Foundation, each child
received a new bedding set including sheets, comforters, and pillows. Countless individuals,
businesses, clubs, libraries, schools and churches came together to spread holiday cheer. The Elves
set up 26 toy box displays with red gift cards and 26 piggy banks throughout town.
The Toy Box Elves set up their workshop in the Town Hall on December 14th and began sorting
and wrapping toys, games, books, clothes, bedding, craft kits, sports balls, shoes and socks. With
the help of many individuals, businesses, churches, clubs, Hannaford and the Buxton Community
Cupboard, 40 families received a Christmas dinner along with their boxes of presents.
As we reflect on twenty Christmas seasons collecting, shopping, sorting, wrapping, and
distributing gifts, we are blown away by the generosity of this town. If you wish to donate gifts,
time, or funds to the Buxton Toy Box please call Mia Dodge at 207-807-8816. Although the Toy
Box is most active between Thanksgiving and Christmas, one great way to help is to save new or
gently used gift bags all year long.
Respectfully submitted,
BUXTON TOY BOX COMMITTEE
Carolyn Snell
Carole Thompson
Mia Dodge, Chairman
Buxton Toy Box
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