Coming together: Poconos community raises $3,000 for Toys for Joy

Brian Myszkowski, Pocono Record
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Thanks to the unified efforts of Pocono Record, Tri-County Independent, AllOne Charities and the generous people of the Poconos, this year's Toys for Joy campaign was able to raise a total of $3,000 for the benefit of families across the area.

With Pocono Record joining forces with our sister paper, the Tri-County Independent — which serves readers in Wayne, eastern Lackawanna, and northern Pike Counties — we were able to broaden our reach to help even more families in need have a merry Christmas.

Households and individuals throughout northeastern Pennsylvania were able to raise $2,036 thanks to Pocono Record readers, along with $400 from Tri-County Independent readers.

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A $500 contribution from Stroud Township Volunteer Fire Department shows not only are these folks wonderful first responders, but true patrons of the Christmas spirit for families across the Poconos.

AllOne Charities graciously rounded up the sum to a total of $3,000, which will go to the Pleasant Valley Ecumenical Network, an organization that provides assistance to low income families in crisis.

PVEN will be able to utilize those funds to provide gifts for a Christmas they'll never forget in 2023.

Thank you again for all you have done this holiday season to help those in need. Despite the struggles of a difficult year, our community yet again rallied together to bring Christmas to all our neighbors, embodying the very essence of the holiday itself.

We wish all of all our readers and their loved ones a Happy New Year.

On behalf of the Pocono Record and Tri-County Independent we would like to thank these charitable donors.

This season’s donations

Calpin Household: $20 for Harry and Marion Rose

Jermain Household: $100

Anonymous: $30

David and Patti Skvoretz: $50, in memory of our parents: John and Ruth Skvoretz, Victor and June Pope

Joan Goode: $30

Jacqueline Flynn: $75

Pamela Hoff: $500

Suzann Boylan: $200

Walter Ziskowski: $20

The Webster family: $25, loving memory of Richard Webster Given by Anne, Julia and Alexander Webster

David Fox: $100, in honor of my parents, Agnes and George J. Fox

Trish and Doug Tweddle: $100

George Eberz: $25, in memory of my grandson Christian Fiedler

Sandra Wert: $35, in loving memory of Robert Jeffrey Wert and Jeffrey Richard Wert

Laverne and Jean Moyer: $50, in honor and memory of our loved ones.

Barbara Hill: $100

Anda Staab: $100, in memory of Astrida

Stroud Township Volunteer Fire Department: $500

Edward Possinger: $25, in memory of Cassidy Binder.

Eleanor Haling: $25. Merry Christmas to the children God bless them. In memory of my daughter, Melissa Ann Gouger.

Janet Kintner: $25, in loving memory of loved ones.

Richard Frisch: $200

The Italian Mutual Benefit Association: $100

Martin Diorio: $50, in honor of our neighbors in Hunters Run in Stroudsburg.

This article originally appeared on Pocono Record: Toys for Joy comes to a close with $3,000 in donations from community