This year, the Pirate Toy Fund will put countless smiles on many faces, just as Gary Smith, better known as Gary the Happy Pirate, intended when he started it.

For the past 25 years, Gary Smith has made scores of kids smile with his performances as Gary the Happy Pirate and as the founder and executive director of the Pirate Toy Fund, which has put ...

Rochester, N. Y. (WHAM) - New seas await Gary Smith, better known as Gary the Happy Pirate, ... The charity was established in 1995 and brings toys to all sorts of places over the years, ...

For nearly 30 years, Gary's heartfelt creation has given out more than 500,000 toys to kids in need. That work continues this year through the annual Pirate Toy Fund Toy Drive, which kicks off Friday ...