Empty Stocking Club

  1. Bill Johnston: Thanks for spreading joy to area children today Bill Johnston: Thanks for spreading joy to area children today
    Christmas morning always brings back vivid memories for me of my childhood. My brother and I shared a second-floor bedroom at 910 N. Maple St. in Watertown, South Dakota. It would still be dark when my brother would wake me up with a poke in the ribs. A landing halfway down the stairs enable…
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About Wisconsin State Journal Youth Services

Wisconsin State Journal Youth Services, Inc. is a charitable organization serving needy youth throughout Dane County.

Nov 02, 2009 | 10:00 am

Empty Stocking Club donations help year-round

Did you know the Empty Stocking Club buys toys not only for its annual Christmas Holiday Toy Depot, but also to distribute to children in area hospitals throughout the year?

Jan 03, 2010 | 8:45 am | Loading…

Empty Stocking Club gifts top $250,000

Each year, since 1918, the Wisconsin State Journal has tried to make sure that every child in our community, no matter how needy, receives at least one new gift at Christmas.

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Empty Stocking Club donations approach $250,000

Dec 28, 2009 | 9:20 pm | Loading…

Empty Stocking Club receives post-Christmas gifts

Did you know the Empty Stocking Club buys toys not only for its annual Christmas Holiday Toy Depot but also to distribute to children cared for in area hospitals throughout the year?

Dec 27, 2009 | 5:30 am | Loading…

Empty Stocking club donations continue to arrive

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Donations top $200,000 to the Empty Stocking Club

The Empty Stocking Club distributed more than 8,000 new toys and Christmas gifts this year to needy children in the Madison area. Your generosity made this effort possible, and you can continue to help. Send your gift online to www.empty

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A big donation from generous people to the Empty Stocking Club

For several years, the Wisconsin State Journal Empty Stocking Club has purchased toys for its programs from Target Stores in Madison. In return, Target customarily provides the Empty Stocking Club with a $15,000 donation and Target employees volunteer at the Holiday Toy Depot. This year, Tar…

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Empty Stocking Club donations approach $200,000

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Empty Stocking Club needs your help

The Empty Stocking Club needs your help! Each year, since 1918, the Wisconsin State Journal has endeavored to make sure that every child in our community, no matter how needy, receives at least one new gift at Christmas.

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Donations continue to the Empty Stocking Club

Since 1918, the Empty Stocking Club has provided Christmas toys to needy children in the greater Madison area. You can help again this year. Send your gift online to www.emptystockingclub.com or mail it to:

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Donations continue to the Empty Stocking Club

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Recent donations to the Empty Stocking Club

Jeanne Flesch, Madison $500.00

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A Madison holiday tradition continues: The Empty Stocking Club's annual toy depot

The Empty Stocking Club will again provide new toys to needy area children at the toy depot on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Empty Stocking Club buys toys for children in hospitals

Did you know the Empty Stocking Club buys toys not only for its annual Christmas Holiday Toy Depot, but also to distribute to children cared for in area hospitals throughout the year?

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Empty Stocking Club gifts top $116,000

Each year, since 1918, the Wisconsin State Journal has endeavored to make sure that every child in our community, no matter how needy, receives at least one new gift at Christmas.

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Empty Stocking Club donations

This is the time of year to make Christmas happier for needy children. The Empty Stocking Club will distribute more than 8,000 new toys and Christmas gifts this year. Your gifts make it possible.

Dec 06, 2009 | 10:20 am | Loading…

Empty Stocking Club: Support makes toy-giving charity possible

Every year, we hear from people who were once served by the Empty Stocking Club and who haven't forgotten.

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Empty Stocking Club gifts top $92,000

This is the time of the year to make Christmas happier for needy children. The Empty Stocking Club will distribute more than 8,000 new toys and Christmas gifts this year. Your gifts make it possible.

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Newest donations to the Empty Stocking Club

The Empty Stocking Club needs your help!

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A story of generosity from the Empty Stocking Club

When you get a letter like this one, you know things are going to be all right.

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Donations to the Empty Stocking Club, Nov. 28

The Empty Stocking Club needs your help!

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Newest donations to the Empty Stocking Club

Take a quick look at the list below. It represents your friends and neighbors, people who care so much about children that they donate generously to the Empty Stocking Club to try to make sure that no child in the Madison area, no matter how needy, will g…

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Empty Stocking Club donations

The Empty Stocking Club needs your help!

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Martin Wolman, longtime State Journal publisher and philanthropist, dead at 90

Martin Wolman, retired publisher of the Wisconsin State Journal and the guiding spirit behind Youth Services Inc. and the Empty Stocking Club for more than six decades, died Saturday in Boulder, Colo., where he had lived for the past four years near three of his four surviving children. He was 90.

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Stocking Club needs your help

You still have a chance to help the needy children of our community.

Dec 30, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…

Generosity pays big dividends

One of the consequences of an economic downturn is a gap: More people need help, but fewer people can afford to give help.

Dec 27, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…

Empty Stocking Club gets a thank you

You've no doubt read this before: Each Christmas morning the Wisconsin State Journal Empty Stocking Club reports that, thanks to its readers' generosity, the stockings of needy children in the Madison area will contain at least one new gift.

Dec 25, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…

Help the Empty Stocking Club now

Christmas comes in a couple of days, but there is still time to make a gift to the Wisconsin State Journal Empty Stocking Club.

Dec 23, 2008 | 12:00 am | Loading…

Empty Stocking gifts given to 11,000 kids

The Wisconsin State Journal Empty Stocking Club distributed new holiday gifts to a record 11,000 children from 4,800 families at its Holiday Toy Depot on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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