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$18,000 raised in Daily Herald Hope for the Holidays drive

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Walt Meder of Arlington Heights inspired the Hope for the Holidays toy drive. Here, Meder is hugging M. Eileen Brown, the director of innovations at the Daily Herald Media Group.

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Readers have donated more than $18,000 in two weeks to a Daily Herald fundraising drive to buy toys and gifts for children and families at a Palatine-based emergency shelter. Kindness and goodwill abound in the suburbs, just as an Arlington Heights man predicted. "People are pretty good if they just get the chance," said 90-year-old Walt Meder who spurred the drive.

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