De Soto VFW Post 6654 to host Hands To Heart toy wrapping party Dec. 10
The post invited the public in a Nov. 9 Facebook flyer.
DE SOTO - De Soto VFW Post 6654 is inviting the public to a Hands To Heart toy wrapping party at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, according to a flyer the post shared Nov. 9 on its Facebook page.
The flyer asks people to "Come join with us to wrap presents for all the children" and says all are welcome.
The party is at VFW Post 6654, 33725 W. 84th St. in De Soto, according to the post's website.
About Hands to Heart
Michael Bergen's Hands to Heart, which calls itself "Toys for Disadvantaged Children," is a volunteer not-for-profit group that Michael Bergen started in 1994, according to the group's website. It delivers toys to low-income families in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and other states.
To collect toys, Bergen also started the Michael Bergen's Night Train Run in 1997, the site says. The motorcycle runs are held each spring and fall, and instead of a registration fee riders are asked to bring toys. Money donations go toward buying more toys, which are given out through the year.
The holiday season is the group's busiest time, according to the site. It says Bergen hand-delivered toys to about 50 children his first Christmas season and that he and his volunteers recently reached more than 14,000 children in a single holiday season. The group delivers to Head Start programs, elementary schools in lower-income neighborhoods, women's shelters and foster homes, and to Native American reservations in Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota, the site says.
Source: De Soto VFW Post 6654 Facebook post; VFW Post 6654 website; Michael Bergen's Hands to Heart, About Us.