NORTHAMPTON – Amidst a global pandemic and economic hardship, Valley residents reached into their pockets and donated a record amount of money to...
EASTHAMPTON — When Linda Struthers lost her daughter in 1986, she wanted a way to keep her memory alive. Donating to the Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund...
NORTHAMPTON — After longtime city resident Marie Aquadro died in November, owners and staff at M.J. Moran Inc. mechanical contractors made sure to...
SOUTHAMPTON — For almost three decades, the Southampton Woman’s Club has made an annual donation to the Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund.“I’ve been a...
NORTHAMPTON — In 1933, at the height of the Great Depression, unemployment across the country hit a staggering 25%, a mark that would come to...
Oscar Reich loves Christmas. The 11-year-old from Amherst loves the holiday season and he loves presents.He recognizes that not everyone is as...
NORTHAMPTON – Amalia FourHawks hadn’t seen her 85-year-old husband Leonard FourHawks for more than nine months since the onset of the COVID-19...
WILLIAMSBURG — The Merullo family donated to the Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund in memory of “Beatlebah.” That’s the nickname for Eileen Merullo, a World...
NORTHAMPTON — About 20 years ago, Stephanie Moynihan would receive toy fund vouchers to help with buying Christmas gifts as a single mom. Now, she...
Brit Albritton has been arranging benefit choral concerts for the Gazette’s Sidney F. Smith Toy Fund for a number of years now. And even with a...
HATFIELD — For the Hatfield Book Club, reading is only a small part of its membership.Since its establishment in 1904, the club has made itself...
NORTHAMPTON — On one of the last Christmas shopping trips on which she accompanied her mother, Jane Nagle remembers that Dorothy Nagle bought a...