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| Toys made for needy |
| By The Tampa Tribune |
| Published: 12/04/2008 |
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FLORIDA - Wooden airplanes, trucks and rocking horses sit in a warehouse ready for delivery to hundreds of Polk County homes this holiday season. The toys are built and painted by hand in a workshop inside the Polk Correctional Institution. The 15 "elves" that crafted at least 1,000 gifts this year are prison inmates. "It's their way of giving back to the community," Assistant Warden for Programs Tommy Young said in a statement. "They're proud of what they've done." The U.S. Marine Corps will distribute the finished toys to needy schoolchildren in Polk County. This is the 10th year inmates have taken scrap wood, rags and other materials to fashion into butterflies, fishing poles, dolls and teddy bears, Florida Department of Corrections officials said. |
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