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Collection underway for Toys for Tots program

The 2019 Christmas season is in full swing and Toys for Tots volunteers are working to make this season another huge success. Collection boxes are out and toys will be collected until Dec. 15.

Donations via check or credit card can be done by mailing a check to: P.O. Box 1930, Gloucester, Va. 23061 or online at www.gloucester-va.toysfortots.org

“The biggest blessing for us this season is that we have space to work,” reported local Toys for Tots coordinator Jodey Clements. White Marsh Properties LLC donated space in the White Marsh Shopping Center large enough to handle the 2019 Toys for Tots season. 

“We don’t worry about storage as Safe Harbor Storage has taken care of that, we’ll just worry about year to year as it comes,” Clements said.

The local Middle Peninsula Toys for Tots impact has grown since its inception in 2009. 2018’s impact resulted in 67,698 toys being delivered to 16,925 children. 

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