PORT HADLOCK — The six children whose new toys were destroyed in an apartment complex fire Monday were treated to Christmas again Thursday.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7498 Ladies Auxiliary opened the local hall on Matheson Street to receive donations for the families of Stacy Bowen and Laura Roberts, which lost everything in the fire.
Each woman has three children.
“When we opened up at 10 a.m.,” Ladies Auxiliary President Barbara Eagleson said, “a woman met us at the door with bags of toys. Each bag was marked according to the age and sex of the child, all new stuff, all wrapped up, just like Christmas.”
The replacement toys were donated by the Tri-Area Community Center, Eagleson said.
Eagleson coordinated the toy drive with Auxiliary member Swanee Miller and the Lady Eagles of Eagles Aerie Post No. 182 members Debbie Rasmussen and Donna Jean Thayer.
Other residents brought sleeping bags, towels, sheets, pots and pans, clothing and diapers.
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