toys for tots

The Marine Corps League, organizing the annual 'Toys for Tots' toy drive for families in need in the Northern Nevada region says local Walmart stores have removed donation boxes from area locations.

The Carson City store on Market Street and the store in Gardnerville on Grant Avenue, have allowed the Carson City Toys for Tots group to place donation boxes at their stores. The group says managers at the Topsy Lane location told them they were instructed by Walmart's corporate office not to allow the donation bins because Walmart as a corporation was only allowing donations to be made to the Children's Miracle Network.

Toys For Tots will be kicking off the 2015 campaign at the local Walmart stores in Carson City on Market Street and Douglas County on Grant Street in Gardnerville this Black Friday and Saturday (November 27th and 28th) for local children. The Marines of the Bridgeport Warfare Training Facility will be on hand once again this year to assist with donations.

Can you believe it? It’s the last weekend of July and the kids will be headed back to school in no time. Don’t be dismayed though, plenty of summer fun can still be found. Sign the kids up for the Capital City Kids’ Triathlon at the Carson Aquatic Center. Head out to Mills Park for a few laps on the train or a picnic. Don’t miss out on making a bowl for the Empty Bowls project at the Farmers Market; or let the kids run off to the bounce house while you make a bowl yourself.

SATURDAY:

• Capital City Kids' Triathlon: Swim, Bike, Run at the Carson Aquatic Center: 841 N. Roop St. (registration begins at 7:30am, must check in 30 minutes prior to start time; $25 same day registration; ages 13-18 8am start; ages 11-12 8:45am start; ages 9-10 9:30am start; ages 7-8 10am start; ages 4-6 10:30am; must provide own bike and mandatory helmet)
• Poker Ride and Ice Cream Social hosted by Nevada All State Trail Riders at Silver Saddle Ranch: 4901 Carson River Rd (sign in 8am; $20 per poker hand; hikers, cyclists, and horse riders will each have own trail; begin at 9am)

I hope you’re looking for a great time tonight, because it will be easy to find. Head over to the Brewery Arts Center for a special appearance by Delta Nove, a funky reggae-fusion band from Southern California; sign up for a membership while you're there to keep the great performers coming! Fridays at Firkin returns with Road Daddy playing on the Third Street Stage. The Whitehats are getting the party started at Carson Station.

This is the season for giving. Our students and staff at CHS have big hearts. Many Carson High School clubs and teams adopted families from the Empire School District for the Christmas holiday. Thank you to HOSA, FBLA, Boys’ basketball, boy’s baseball, Key Club, Link Crew, and Leadership classes for providing gifts and essentials to these families.

A third truck load of new toys are headed to the Toys for Tots collection in Carson City, courtesy of Dick Campagni's Carson City Toyota. Families, customers, friends and employees have been collecting toys throughout the month of December to give to the holiday toy collection campaign.

Toys for Tots of Carson, Douglas, Lyon and Storey counties is off and running. It is quite a project serving 4,000 children with toys during this holiday season. In this Carson TV News segment, Toys for Tots coordinator Joyce Buckingham explains the program and how you can help.

Dick Campagni’s Carson City Toyota’s first week of its annual Toys for Tots campaign has been a tremendous success.

Now through the holidays, drop off any new and unwrapped toy and sign up for a drawing to win a $250 gas card. Drop off your donations at Carson City Toyota, 2590 South Carson Street. Follow Carson City Toyota’s updates on the campaign at its Facebook page here.

Everyone is invited to participate, just make sure to be lined up at the corner of Carson St. and W. Musser St. by 10:30 a.m., the parade starts at 11 a.m. sharp.

Toys for Tots of Carson, Douglas, Lyon and Storey counties is off and running. It is quite a project serving 4,000 children with toys during this holiday season. The hotline is now open for families in need of toys for Christmas. If you are in need, please call (775) 884-TOYS.

Happy Black Friday, Carson City! I hope you have all survived the gluttony and gratitude that is Thanksgiving and are ready for the weekend. I am once again pleased to bring you the event list that is featured on my Facebook page, I love Carson City. I follow the pages of local businesses and organizations, search website calendars, and compile a list of anything and everything going on in this community weekly.

NJA Cares, the community outreach and charitable arm of the Nevada Justice Association, a statewide non-profit organization of independent lawyers, has partnered with Toys for Tots to ensure families in need have a warm and happy holiday with their children. New, unwrapped toys are being collected through Dec. 12, 2014, and the public is encouraged to participate.

Toys may be dropped off at the following locations:

- Nevada Justice Association, 406 N. Nevada St., Carson City
— Law Firm of Herb Santos, Jr., 225 S. Arlington Ave., Reno

Dudley Chiropractic will be hosting All I Want For Christmas, a coat and toy drive for local families in need during the entire month of December.

This initiative will be benefiting families and individuals in need during this holiday season by collecting used coats and new toys (still in boxes) for less fortunate children. This is an incredible effort that the members of Dudley Chiropractic have taken to heart, and Dr. Thomas Dudley expects to have a large donation to send by the end of December.

The 2014 Toys For Tots season is in full swing and we need your help. The local Toys For Tots campaign will be helping thousands of children in Carson, Douglas, Lyon and Storey counties with toys this holiday season.

Marines from the Bridgeport Warfare Center will be at all three Walmart stores in the Carson City and Douglas County area on Friday and Saturday accepting donations. Come out and support our local children. Every child deserves a Happy Holiday.

The CHS Marching Band competed last weekend in the Nevada Day Battle of the Bands held at Spanish Springs High School. The band finished first in their division beating out rivals Douglas High School.

They received the caption for "Outstanding Music." This award marks the first time in nine years that the marching band took home a first place trophy in a field show competition. Way to Go Big Blue Thunder!

Academic Award

Thomas, Monday's winner of the $500 Visa Gift Card from Carson City Toyota Scion's Toys for Tots promotion went a step further in his holiday giving spirit.

Thomas took the $500 Visa Gift Card to Walmart and paid off lay-away toys set aside among people in the Carson City community that he didn't even know. Now that's the Christmas spirit!

With ongoing requests for children's Christmas gifts still being taken, the Toys For Tots program in Carson City was presented with generous gifts of cash and children's toys on behalf of the Capitol Police division of the Nevada Department of Public Safety and the Nevada State Law Enforcement Officers' Association.

For 33 years, Dick Campagni and Carson City Toyota Scion has made its auto dealership a drop off point for Toys for Tots.

Bring in any unwrapped toy and you are entered into a drawing where the winner will receive a $500 Visa Gift Card. The drawing will be held on Dec. 23. Bring in toys between now and Christmas.

Carson City Toyota Scion is located at 2590 South Carson Street in Carson City.

The 2013 Toys For Tots season is in full swing and the Ron Wood Family Resource Center is asking for the public's help. The local Toys For Tots program aims to help more than 7,000 children in Carson City, Douglas, Lyon and Storey counties with gifts this holiday season.

Carson City Library is an officially designated place in Carson City to drop-off holiday cheer, in the form of giving, to so many of our area residents in need of a little festive spirit and warmth.

The Toys for Tots HOTLINE will be open for families requesting toys for Christmas. The hotline opens December 2nd through December 23rd from 9am to 4pm Monday through Friday.

Toys for Tots will be serving children in Carson, Douglas, Storey and Lyon counties. The HOTLINE NUMBER IS 884-TOYS.

Toys for Tots will be kicking off the 2013 campaign with our local Marines at all three Walmart stores on Friday, November 29 and Saturday, November 30.

For more information call: Ron Wood Family Resource Center at (775) 884-2269.

Ron Wood Family Resource Center would like to thank the businesses and community for their generosity during the 2012 holiday season!

Donations to support youth and families that suffer from food insecurity amounted to 79,792 lbs. of food through December 2012.

Ron Wood also serves as the Toys for Tots distribution center for our community. We were able to serve approximately 4100 disadvantaged children in 2012.

With requests for children's Christmas gifts soaring over the past three years, the Toys For Tots program in Carson City got a healthy boost courtesy of the Capitol Police division of the Nevada Department of Public Safety.

For the past several weeks Capitol Police officers and Nevada Department DPS staff members have been collecting new unwrapped toys, bicycles and warm clothing in Carson City to assist the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves with its the Toys for Tots collection drive effort.

Carson City Library is an officially designated place in Carson City to drop-off holiday cheer, in the form of giving, to so many of our area residents in need of a little festive spirit and warmth.

As the Toys for Tots Coordinator ....
I have never seen demand so high and donations so low.

We have had a 35% increase on requests from families this year.
Ron Wood Family Resource Center has been the Toys for Tots coordinating agency for 8 years and I have been Coordinator for 5 years.

We have been low on toys before ... but never like this.

Seven months ago, my spouse walked into my place of employment and told me that one of our best friends had been shot and killed.

It's been seven months and we've all begun to move on - all of Steve Gale's friends and family are slowly teaching themselves to exist in a world without Steve in it. We're all achieving this with varying degrees of success.

Marine Sgt. Justin Block and Santa load toy barrels Friday morning, Dec. 17, 2010, as part of the Toys for Tots toy drive at the Capitol in Carson City, Nev. Workers at more than a dozen state agencies participated in the 8th annual toy drive coordinated by the Capitol Police.

Toys for Tots Coordinator Joyce Buckingham says they'll be helping more than 7,000 kids in Carson, Douglas, Lyon and Storey counties and that more toys and donations are still needed. For more information, go to www.ToysForTots.org and choose the Carson City link.
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Join the Carson City Chamber of Commerce for a Breakfast Club and Ribbon Cutting
 the New Offices of the Ron Wood Family Resource Center, 621 Northgate Lane No 62, on Tuesday, Dec. 7, at 7:30 a.m.

The cost $5. Bring a new unwrapped toy for Toys for Tots and receive a free raffle ticket!

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A plea for help has gone out for more Toys for Tots donations. There are numerous drop- off locations around town to receive this inexpensive gifts.

It is a week and a day ’til Christmas, and the Toys for Tots holiday gift drive is out of toys!