The McGovern Family’s Annual Toy Drive Brings Joy to Many

Once again, to celebrate Christmas, the McGovern family conducted a massive toy drive to benefit the children of Doorways client families. The tradition started when daughter Kaylen was a seventh-grade student at Hurley Middle School and decided to organize that first toy drive for Christmas. She enlisted the help of sisters Kerrin and Marley to collect over one hundred items for needy children in Seekonk. The following year, they collected more than two hundred toys, and their toy drive has continued to grow since. Now in their sixth consecutive year, the toy drive collected hundreds of toys which were distributed to seventy-seven local children whose families are living through lean times. Kaylen’s mom, Jennifer, says the effort has added richness to the family’s celebration of Christmas, involving the entire McGovern clan, their extended family, their neighbors and friends. The gift they give goes beyond mere playthings: to be a child at Christmas without a toy is to be sad, but to be a parent at Christmas and unable to give your child a toy – that is anguish. The toys, then, are a double gift – they bring smiles to the face of parent and child alike.

The McGovern family would like to thank everyone who contributed to the toy drive. And the community at Doorways, volunteers and clients alike, would like to thank all of our supporters and benefactors in the Town of Seekonk. May God bless us all as we close out the Christmas season and look forward in hope to the New Year.