Toybox: Delivering joy, one child at a time
A native of Cape Girardeau, I am a wife, a mother to two wonderful boys (and second mom to a beautiful daughter-in-law), and soon to be grandma. After 22 years as an educator in the Cape Girardeau Public School System, I am currently employed at the Regional Professional Development Center at Southeast Missouri State University as an Instructional Consultant. Throughout my years of involvement in the Cape Jaycee Christmas Projects, fourteen years as chairperson of the Toybox Program and currently in my seventh year as chair for Christmas for the Elderly, I have seen the need for assistance for families in our community rise. In response, I have seen a community that steps up to meet those needs with support and generosity. What a blessing... I look forward to the Jaycee Christmas Projects every year and have made it a tradition in my family as a means to give back during the holidays!
Archives
- It’s Crunch Time! (12/10/21)
- 2021 Toybox / Christmas for the Elderly Drop Locations (11/27/21)
- In the Spirit of Giving: 2021 Cape Jaycee Christmas Projects (11/27/21)
- Hustle and Bustle of the Season (12/8/20)
- A COVID Christmas (11/19/20)
- Holiday Bustle (12/13/19)
- Christmas for the Elderly (12/8/19)
- Christmas for the Elderly 2019 (11/25/19)
- Facing the Holidays Alone; CFE 2018 (12/6/18)
- A Kind and Gentle Soul; CFE 2018 (12/1/18)
- Holiday Jaycee Projects 2018 (11/30/18)
- The Children First (12/6/16)
- From Santa's Workshop to Homes (12/1/16)
- Preparing For the Season (11/27/16)
- Christmas Traditions: Jaycee Toybox and Christmas for the Elderly (11/14/16)
- That's a Wrap! (12/23/15)
- The Hustle and Bustle (12/11/15)
- The Spirit of Giving (12/2/15)
- "Making a List...Checking It Twice" (11/17/15)
- Forty Years Strong (12/19/14)
- Toys for Struggling Families (12/10/14)
- The Hustle and Bustle Has Begun... (12/7/14)
- Holiday Giving Means Christmas Joy for All (11/20/14)
- Just Another Day at Santa's Workshop (11/11/14)
- Last Minute Needs for Toybox (12/16/13)1
- Community Committment (12/12/13)
- Animals Warm the Heart (12/10/13)
- Countdown to Delivery (12/9/13)
- The Single Life (12/8/13)
- Special Needs Challenge Young and Old Alike (12/6/13)
- And We're Off! (11/30/13)
- Keeping Tradition: Jaycee Toybox and Christmas for the Elderly (11/14/13)
- Family of Four Struggles after Lay-off (12/11/12)2
- Needs for Toybox and Christmas for the Elderly (12/3/12)
- Toybox and Christmas for the Elderly: Diabetes Strikes Hard at Christmas (12/1/12)
- Christmas for the Elderly (11/27/12)
- Drop Locations for Donations (11/19/12)
- Toybox and Elderly: The Breakdown (11/11/12)1
- Ready or Not... Toybox Time! (11/6/12)
- Letter to the Editor (12/22/11)
- Delivery Night Closing In... (12/12/11)
- "Two Strong Men" (12/8/11)
- Christmas Anxieties (12/3/11)
- Home for the Holidays (11/29/11)
- Missing Mom and Disabled Veteran Seek Holiday Joy (11/27/11)
- Growing Family and Living "Single" (11/22/11)
- Children and Elderly Too (11/13/11)
- And So it Begins... (11/13/11)
- Toybox Fundraisers (11/9/11)
- Toybox and Christmas for the Elderly: Just the Facts (11/5/11)
- Jaycee Christmas Projects: In the Spirit of the Season (11/3/11)
- Christmas Giving Update (12/16/10)
- House Fire Takes Everything: Drafty Home Makes for Long Winter Days (12/13/10)1
- Laid Off and Stressed Out (12/9/10)
- Single Dad in a Pink World: Elderly Man In Need (12/7/10)2
- Grandma Cares for Grandbabies (12/5/10)
- Mother Finds Value in Safety and Simple Things (12/3/10)
- Medical Bills and Poor Housing Equals Struggling Families (12/1/10)
- Single Mother and Stroke Victim Seeking Joy at Christmas (11/28/10)
- Ready, Set, Go (11/18/10)
- Toybox Drop-off Locations (11/10/10)
- The Holiday Season: For the Old and Young Alike (11/7/10)1
- Why Toys? (11/3/10)
- A Holiday Tradition (10/30/10)1