Brighten a Child's Holiday

Fill-A-Cop Car with Toys Sat. Dec. 12 at Seymour Stop & Shop

SEYMOUR- The Seymour Police Department is hosting its 10th annual toy drive Saturday, Dec. 12 at Seymour Stop & Shop, 15 Franklin St.

People are asked to fill up a patrol car with new, unwrapped toys to benefit local families this Christmas.

The event, which runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., is sponsored by the Seymour Police Department, Stop & Shop, TEAM, Inc. and Mario D'Addario.  

(Information shared from Seymour First Selectman's Facebook page)

LETTER: TEAM toy drive Valley's best yet

* I read this letter to the editor in the newspaper and thought I'd re-post it here. 

Congratulations to TEAM on its successful toy drive to benefit needy children in the Valley.



During 2012, TEAM’s Toys 4 Kids provided more than 3,000 toys for 1,486 children of 771 families, and. in addition. distributed more than 200 bicycles donated by the employees and customers of Neopost USA.

Individuals dropped off toy donations in collection boxes at 127 sites in a variety of businesses and municipal locations. Volunteers picked up toys and delivered them to our “toy store” on Main Street in Ansonia. Other volunteers set up the toy store, sorted the toys and organized them by age and gender.

In all, hundreds of volunteers and kind-hearted Valley residents throughout the Valley helped make Toys 4 Kids a success for underprivileged children.

Thank you to all who made the 2012 toy drive the best the Valley has experienced to date.

Editor’s note: This letter was signed by Richard J. Knoll, TEAM Inc.’s president and CEO; Stephane Skibo, board chairman; and, Diane Stroman, vice president of development. TEAM is located in Derby.

Shelton Police, restaurant team to collect toys

SHELTON - The Shelton Police Department has teamed up with Outback Steakhouse of Shelton for an annual toy drive. 

People are asked to bring new, unwrapped toys that will be distributed to local families in need. 

The toys can be dropped off at the Shelton Police Department, 85 Wheeler St., or Outback Steakhouse, 698 Bridgeport Ave. All toys must be received by Dec. 19.

Outback Steakhouse of Shelton is giving away a free appetizer or dessert to any customer who brings in a new, unwrapped toy to the restaurant by Dec. 19 for the drive.

Any questions about the toy drive should be directed to Officer John Petrillo, 203-924-1544 ext. 349. 

This information was provided by Lt. Robert Kozlowsky.

Shelton firefighters to welcome Santa to town

 Annual tree lighting, toy drive scheduled in White Hills
 
SHELTON - White Hills Voluntary Fire Company is getting ready for Santa’s annual tour of White Hills and the White Hills Tree Lighting Ceremony in conjunction with the Toys for Tots Drive.

Friends and neighbors in White Hills are invited to the firehouse at 2 School St. for a community tree lighting at 6 p.m. Dec. 8. 

This year Santa hopes to be joined by a member of the United States Marine Corps Reserve for the tree lighting. 
All are welcome to join fire company members for a cup of hot chocolate after the tree lighting.
Toys will also be accepted that night for the Toys for Tots Drive.  
Each year through the generosity of Shelton residents, the fire company provides truckloads of new, unwrapped toys to The Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program.

The following Saturday, Dec. 15, from 9:15 a.m.-5 p.m., Santa will be escorted on a fire truck through the White Hills of Shelton. 

He and his helpers will be passing out popcorn balls to children.
The trip begins in Upper White Hills and ends in Lower White Hills.
 
Members of the White Hills Fire Company will follow Santa’s engine with pickup trucks as part of the fire company’s Toys for Tots drive. 
 New, unwrapped toys will be collected by the firefighters for distribution by the United States Marine Corps Reserve.

The mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children.


In the event of foul weather please visit www.whitehillsfireco.org or the White Hills Fire Company Friends and Neighbors Face Book Page for the rain date.