SLIDE SHOW: Toys for Tots brings Christmas cheer to 300 local families on final distribution day
Published 5:06 pm Saturday, December 21, 2024
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Ximena Garcia, 3, rides her new tricycle as she and her family pick up their Toys for Tots bag of toys at the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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Marine Corps veteran Don Butler, dressed as Sgt. Claus, greets children as families pick up their Toys for Tots bags of toys at the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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Toys for Tots volunteers James Wright (left) and Todd Jones (right) help distribute bags of toys to families at the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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Families pick up their Toys for Tots bags of toys at the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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Toys for Tots volunteers help distribute bags of toys to families at the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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Families pick up their Toys for Tots bags of toys at the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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Annastasia Ellis (left) and her mother Claudean Ellis (right) wear Christmas tree-topper hats as they organize name slips while families file in to pick up their Toys for Tots bags of toys at the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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Donated toys are split up by age group and genders into large boxes as families pick up their Toys for Tots bags of toys at the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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Marine Corps veteran Don Butler, dressed as Sgt. Claus, hugs Ja-Ton Vincent, 2, as families pick up their Toys for Tots bags of toys at the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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Toys for Tots volunteers help distribute bags of toys to families at the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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Toys for Tots volunteers Jason and Emmalyn Thomas help distribute bags of toys to families at the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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Toys for Tots volunteers help distribute bags of toys to families at the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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Marine Corps veteran Don Butler, dressed as Sgt. Claus, greets children as families pick up their Toys for Tots bags of toys at the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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Donated toys are split up by age group and genders into large boxes as families pick up their Toys for Tots bags of toys at the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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Toys for Tots volunteers help distribute bags of toys to families at the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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Families pick up their Toys for Tots bags of toys at the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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About 300 local families stopped by the “North Pole” in the Metals and More building off Veterans Memorial to pick up their Toys for Tots bags of toys on the final distribution day for Warren County residents on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024.
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