Old Newsboys Paper Sale this Friday!
84th ANNUAL OLD NEWSBOYS GOODFELLOW ASSOCIATION PAPERSALE
Scheduled for Friday, December 6, 2013
TOLEDO-Friday, December 6, more than 500 Old Newsboys Goodfellow Association volunteers will be in Toledo area Anderson’s, Westfield Franklin Park shopping Center, grocery stores, bowling centers, shopping centers, credit unions, and various other local retailers to “hawk” the organization’s annual Charity Edition newspaper. The Old Newsboys will not be on any street corners. The 2013 goal is $200,000. New this year! Donate easily online: www.toledonewsboys.org
This year marks the 84th consecutive year that the Newsboys men and women volunteers will brave the wind and cold to make a positive impact in a child’s life. Our purpose: to provide immediate help whenever a school administrator, police officer, or neighbor reports that a child is in need of shoes, a coat, food, or emergency medical attention. Contributions to the annual Charity Paper Sale make this assistance possible. The Old Newsboys Goodfellow Association is Toledo’s only 100% Charity. This means that every single dollar raised is used to provide clothing, food, or medical care - no questions asked!
The Newsboys are not a substitute for public welfare or social agencies, and does not provide assistance on an ongoing basis. Rather, it functions without administrative delay to provide speedy, temporary assistance in emergency situations. Last year, the Old Newsboys spent more than $200,000 on shoes and coats for children, provided nearly 1,000 Toledo area families with food baskets for Christmas, funded Drug Awareness Programs, and awarded scholarships to high school seniors who would not have had the chance to attend college.
According to John Mattimoe, Old Newsboys Goodfellow Association 2013-2014 President, “The Old Newsboys foresee a need of more than $200,000 in order to provide Toledo and surrounding area children from more than 65 different schools with coats and shoes. Calls are already coming in, as the cooler weather conditions develop. We must raise these funds in order to meet the growing need.”
Because of the continuing need in the community, the Newsboys need help in finding companies to permit our volunteers to sell the Charity Newspaper on their premises and to encourage people to join the cause. Anyone can become a Newsboys member; with the only qualification being a desire to help needy children and to devote just a bit of time to make a difference in the life of a child.
To those who help - THANK YOU!
New this year! Donate easily online: www.toledonewsboys.org
Contact details: Tracey Edwards, Papersale Chair, 419.376.2230, [email protected]
Press Release Contact Name: Tracey Edwards
Press Release Contact Email: [email protected]
Press Release Contact Phone: 4193762230
Organization Name: Old Newsboys Goodfellow Assoc.
Website or Link: toledonewsboys.org
Organization Address: 3430 Boulder Ridge, Maumee, OH, 43537