CARTERVILLE — Anniversary year, Santa gets some advice from the Poshard Foundation for Abused Accouchement to accommodate a brighter Christmas to accouchement in Southern Illinois. The Poshard Foundation hosts one of the region’s better toy betrayal contest anniversary year at John A. Logan College.
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The foundation is giving abroad added than 1,500 toys this year, with anniversary adolescent accepting a ample present and two abate ones. Toys included bicycles, dolls, trucks, cars, trains, puzzles, amateur and abundant more.
During the anniversary toy giveaway, amusing account agencies aces out toys for their clients. Abounding of the toys appear from the efforts of Richard Clark, buyer of Tri-State Business Equipment in Harrisburg. Clark collects toys at this anniversary aggregation Christmas affair for the Poshard Foundation, according to founders Jo and Glenn Poshard.
The blow appear from alone donations appointed for Christmas and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Phyllis McCowen, a foundation volunteer, does the shopping.
“She looks for bargains and makes abiding we get acceptable deals,” Jo Poshard said.
“We acclimated to get a lot of items from Pat’s Kids, again Pat Benton retired,” Glenn Poshard said.
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Some of the alone donors who acclimated to accord through Pat’s Kids abide to attribute donations for the Poshard Foundation.
“These are accouchement who are not on any account and not best up by added Christmas programs,” Jo Poshard said.
The amount of abuse, carelessness and abandonment is 2.5 times greater in Southern Illinois than in the blow of the state. Glenn Poshard said the toys go to the bodies answerable with demography affliction of those children, added than 16 agencies.
Jo Poshard said this year two agencies accept a lot of need, Centerstone and the Ancestors Counseling Center.
According to Marsha Hayes of the Ancestors Counseling Center, toys from the Poshard Foundation will go to about 75 children, and that will not serve all the accouchement on the agency’s angel tree. This year, Ancestors Counseling Center will accommodate ability for 240 accouchement in seven counties.
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Representatives from amusing account agencies from throughout the Southern Illinois arena baddest Christmas toys and ability for abused, alone and alone accouchement served by their agencies during a toy betrayal put on by the Poshard Foundation for Abused Accouchement on Monday afternoon at John A. Logan College in Carterville.
“So, this is activity to advice immensely,” Hayes said.
Hayes said they had 263 accouchement on their account in 2016, and she believes this year’s cardinal will grow.
“Someone will about-face in names they haven’t anticipation of, and I don’t accept the affection to about-face them down,” Hayes said.
She added that parents accept difficulties like job loss, illnesses and addictions, but that is not the child’s fault. Accouchement charge to accumulate assertive in Santa as continued as possible, she said.
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“I don’t apperceive what we would do after the Poshard Foundation. Jo and Glenn are the largest-hearted bodies and consistently abide to advice children,” Hayes said.
Niki Grajewski of Centerstone said they are arcade for about 75 accouchement in three programs, ancestors services, brainy bloom casework and center houses.
“For a lot of families, if they don’t get presents through this program, they would not get them at all,” Grajewski said. “This is our way of aggravating to accomplish abiding they accept a blessed holiday.”
The families served by Centerstone attempt to pay electric bills. Most do not accept the assets to accommodate Christmas ability for their children.
“We are consistently beholden for what the Poshard Foundation does. We accept been alive with them a continued time, and they do a lot during the holidays. It’s fun to be a allotment of it,” Grajewski said.
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The agencies additionally accustomed baby ability for accouchement to accord their moms, and hats and gloves for the children. Mary Nehring of Oakdale crocheted abounding of the hats. Decorated amoroso accolade fabricated by McCowen were provided for the “shoppers.”
“The spirit of giving at Christmas is a primary focus, but the kids accept needs throughout the year,” Glenn Poshard said.
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