Christmas Bureau volunteer Janet “Pinki” Culbertson spent the summer assuring her “truckers” that yes, the Christmas Bureau still needs handmade wooden toy trucks to hand out to children this year.

As Jay Morris describes how he and a bunch of helpers use chunks of donated wood to create children's toys each Christmas, ...

HENDERSONVILLE - Between the card tables filled to the edge with handmade wooden toys, woodcrafters and nonprofit employees in holiday dress and even a surprise visit from Santa Claus, the Elks Club ...

Bill Bader’s handmade wooden toys can be found throughout La Plata County. His passion for woodworking stems from a 40-year career as a manager at various lumberyards around Durango. People deal with ...

FRANCONIA — As Peter Becker Woodworkers’ Association member Bob Coble and others in the senior living community watched the television reports of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Coble recalls they were ...

In person: Bring your donation to the lobby of The Spokesman-Review at 999 W. Riverside Ave. Please mark prominently – CHRISTMAS FUND. If you would like a receipt sent to you, include your mailing ...

Jim Annis uses wood scraps and his own money and machines to make the toys. A man in North Carolina who has spent countless hours and his own money bringing joy to children in need for the last 50 ...

Santa Claus gave his reindeer and sleigh a break Thursday morning as he hitched a ride on an Albuquerque Fire Rescue fire truck to make a special delivery of handmade wooden toys to children at ...

UNIONTOWN — Ed Higin­botham enjoys making children happy but shrugs off any notion he might be Santa. “I love it. I don’t play Santa Claus, but I give the toys to them and they can distribute them,” ...

OceansideOceanside — If Santa’s elves need any help filling orders this Christmas Eve, they might want to call in the Woodchucks. The dedicated club of senior woodworkers at Ocean Hills Country Club ...