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Speaker 1: Santsu's got a brand new bag and it's full of toys.

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Speaker 1: Heading into Medford Family Network, the group saw a thirty

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Speaker 1: five percent increase in demand for people taking part in

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Speaker 1: its toy program that they had to add a wait

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Speaker 1: list as families battle rising prices around the holidays. Teamster

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Speaker 1: Secretary Treasurer Stephen South says they wanted to make sure

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Speaker 1: no one had to wait for gifts.

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Speaker 2: The need is the biggest it's ever been, but luckily

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Speaker 2: our members and their generosity is the greatest it's ever

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Speaker 2: been because we brought in the most toys and money

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Speaker 2: in the history of our toy drive.

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Speaker 1: MFN director Marie Cassidy says this kind of support means

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Speaker 1: everything to them.

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Speaker 3: It's really not only about the present, it's about their

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Speaker 3: presence in our community and it's about being connecting us

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Speaker 3: with our families and ways that goes far beyond the

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Speaker 3: gift for Medford.

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Speaker 1: Kyle Bray WBZ, Boston's news radio