NEW RESIDENT HAS FEW TOYS, WOULD LIKE DOLL

Alicia just moved to Cape Girardeau with her mother and older brother.

The 6-year-old and her family are staying with Alicia's aunt as her mother searches for a job.

When they moved here, Alicia could only pack a few belongings, just enough things to fit in her suitcase and a few toys.

She's hoping that Santa Claus will be able to find his way to her new home with some presents, especially a new baby doll.

But her mother has been very cautious in her promises. She has no extra money to purchase gifts. In fact, Alicia's mother notes that both her daughter and her 9-year-old son need winter clothing, which she cannot afford to buy,

Toybox wants to help make sure Santa visits Alicia during her first Christmas in Cape Girardeau. Toybox needs your help to bring her a new baby doll.

Toybox is sponsored by the Cape Girardeau Jaycees and the Southeast Missourian newspaper to bring Christmas joy to needy children like Alicia.

Families may apply for Toybox assistance through Friday at the Salvation Army, 701 Good Hope. Toybox serves children in Cape Girardeau up to age 12.

Gifts will be delivered by a team of Jaycee Santas on Dec. 19. Donations of new, unwrapped toys are requested. Also, donations of new coats, mittens, hats and warm clothes are needed.

Gifts may be dropped off at the Southeast Missourian, 301 Broadway, as well as at West Park Mall, Capital Bank, AmeriFirst Bank, Farm and Home Savings Association, Gulliver's Travel Agency and Perry Travel Center.

Cash gifts may be sent to Toybox, P.O. Box 699, Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63701.

For more information, call Kim McDowell at 335-6611.