Since 1938, the Red Stocking Fund has provided Island children in need with gifts for the holiday season. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, Susie Wallo and Sandy Joyce, who head the fund, are making sure this year is no different.
Since 1938, the Red Stocking Fund has provided Island children in need with gifts for the holiday season. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, Susie Wallo and Sandy Joyce, who head the fund, are making sure this year is no different.
The Dukes County Sheriff’s Office is opening an outdoor locker for Red Stocking donations of new, unwrapped toys.
The Martha’s Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation has awarded $80,500 in grants and donations to 10 nonprofits on Martha's Vineyard and in Falmouth.
The Red Stocking Fund is taking applications from Island families online through Nov. 30.
Red Stocking Fund stalwart Kerry Alley, who has always shunned the spotlight, learned the surprise news on Wednesday that a six-figure fund has been named in his honor.
In 1938 a group of Island women came together to knit six red stockings, fill those stocking with gifts and distribute them to six families in need just in time for Christmas.
