Toymakers of East Lake at Florida Hospital
Today Toymakers of East Lake met with Connie Bladon and the Emergency Room staff at Florida Hospitals, Wesley Chapel, FL, to launch our relationship of providing toys for Pediatric Emergency patients. Connie says: Our mission is “to extend the healing ministry of Christ” and to heal the whole person: body, mind and spirit. This fits…
Read MoreA Great Celebration Today!
Today, Toymakers of East Lake celebrated Thad Pollard’s 96th Birthday. Thad is a very active volunteer at Toymakers as well as an enthusiastic volunteer with Honor Flights of West Central Florida. A WWII veteran, he has been a dedicated non-profit volunteer with various entities for over 60 years. In December, Thad celebrated his 73rd wedding…
Read MoreToyMakers Extraordinary Commitment to Community Service
World War II veteran, Thad Pollard, and his son, Gary, are regular Toymakers of East Lake volunteers. They typically spend their Saturday mornings cutting out hundreds of wooden toys on band saws for the kids we serve. While they are two of our most frequent and productive volunteers, they also volunteer for various duties supporting…
Read MoreYoung man donates his bike
A young man called JP (Ridenour, Jr.) who comes to Toymakers donated his bike which he had outgrown. JP helped Trevor repair the bike and then accompanied Trevor on a delivery of 14 children’s bikes to Next Level Church in Holiday. JP was excited to deliver his own bike to the church, meet one of…
Read MoreToyMakers of East Lake receives Dana B. Fancher Grant award
Today Bob Helms congratulated Mira Rajani, a student board member and Chair of the Grant Committee, for her work in winning a significant grant for the Toymakers of East Lake from the Dana B. Fancher Foundation. Mira is one of two students elected to the board of directors and was just re-elected for a second…
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