Hoping Your
Holidays Are Filled
With Happiness
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Longshore, Carpenters’ unions give
boost to Fire Fighters’ Toy & Joy program
Administrators of
Employee Benefit Plans
1305 SW 12th Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97201
(503) 274-1600
Peter Herrling
Tom Weston
Maggie O’Brien (above) of union contractor
O’Brien Constructors transports gifts donated
by the Carpenters Union to the Toy & Joy
program. Jeff Smith (right), president of ILWU
Local 8, helps fill up a U-Haul truck with bikes
and toys donated by ILWU locals.
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The International Longshore and
Warehouse Union and Pacific NW Re-
gional Council of Carpenters donated
hundreds of gifts to the Portland Fire
and Rescue’s Toy and Joy program.
At a press conference Dec. 13,
members of Portland Fire Fighters Lo-
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Dean Johnson, director of the Toy &
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Toy & Joy started in 1914, when
Sellwood firefighter Eddie Boatright
fixed a broken red wagon for a neigh-
borhood boy. It blossomed from there,
to the point where today, Portland fire-
fighters gather 100,000 toys every year
for more than 20,000 children, who
might otherwise not have gifts during
the holiday season.
“The Longshore workers want to do
our part to make sure that kids know
that Santa is thinking about them, too,”
said ILWU Local 8’s Smith.
Also attending the press conference
were City Commissioner Erik Sten,
Fire Chief Dave Sprando and Santa
Claus.
Best wishes to the Northwest Labor Community
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helped load bikes, toys, trains, school
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ILWU Locals 5, 8, 40 and 92 con-
tributed 100 bikes and enough toys to
fill two trucks — about $13,000 worth.
Local 8 President Jeff Smith and Sec-
retary Karl Lunde were on hand to de-
liver the goods.
Also making a delivery and helping
load presents were Bob Acker, busi-
ness rep of Pile Drivers Local 2416,
and Bruce Ashback, business rep of
Vancouver Carpenters Local 1715,
both are affiliates of the Carpenters Re-
gional Council.
“This really helps us help needy
children in the Portland area,” said
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