Girl Uses Inheritance to Buy Toys for Needy Kids
Hope in humanity lives on as 10-year-old Laney Matteson of Dartmouth, Mass., selflessly gives back for the holidays.
Matteson exceeded the expectation of an average kid by donating toys for kids in need. However, it wasn t just a gift or two – it was $1,000 worth of toys, purchased with money passed down to her from her great-grandmother, Rae Sherblom, who unfortunately passed away recently. She left nine of her great-grandchildren $1,000 each, and Matteson chose to use her share to give back to the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots program.
Five members of the Greater New Bedford Marine Corps League stood proudly behind Matteson, standing ready to award her with a Certificate of Appreciation. Dressed in their red league jackets and active duty blues, they saluted Matteson for her selfless decision to give back to her community, an action that speaks volumes about her as a person.
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DARTMOUTH When Laney Matteson was three years old, her great-grandmother passed away. Laney and eight other great-granchildren in the family were each given $1,000 on the condition that they use it when they were old enough to understand the value of it.
Laney, now 10, used her money to buy toys.
But not for herself. Some kids don t have toys for Christmas and it s not fun when you don t have toys, Laney said outside the Toys for Tots drop off location at USA Wealth Group on Faunce Corner Road on Wednesday afternoon. I m so proud of her, said Ryan Matteson, Laney s dad. His grandfather was a Marine and when Laney had the idea of buying toys for children in need, they talked it through and came up with the Toys For Tots program operated by the United States Marine Corps Reserve.