The Cave City Police Department and Cash Express in Horse Cave are orchestrating a toy drive that concludes Dec. 7.

Lindsey Moulder of Cash Express said this is not its first toy drive, though it is the first time the business has worked with CCPD on it.

“We’ve been doing a toy and coat drive but we thought this would get the word out more,” she said.

In previous years, Cash Express’ toy drives have seen disappointing collections, Moulder said, adding that she thought involving CCPD would increase awareness of the drive.

“We weren’t getting much of a response with it so that’s why we decided to reach out to the Cave City police,” she said.

The drive is mainly seeking toys and clothes, all of which will be donated to Caverna Independent Schools’ family resource and youth service centers, Moulder said.

Cash Express and the CCPD’s station, which is located in Cave City City Hall, 103 Duke St., are dropoff points for donated items, she said.

James Roberts, a sergeant with CCPD, said CCPD hosted a Cram the Cruiser event in the parking lot of Dollar General on Happy Valley Street in Cave City last Wednesday.

The event mainly brought in monetary donations, he said.

“It went well,” he said. “We received a lot of monetary donations in the form of checks and cash.”

For the drive, Cash Express and CCPD are mainly looking for coats, toys, shoes and nonperishable food items, Roberts said.

“It’s that time of year where you can really be a blessing to somebody,” he said.

According to Wilma Bunnell, Caverna Independent Schools’ family youth resource coordinator, toys and clothes donated during the drive benefit district students participating in the Christmas Angel Program, through which students who meet federal poverty guidelines are provided with gifts.

“All these toys go directly to those children,” she said.

There are more than 150 students in the district signed up for the Christmas Angel Program, Bunnell said.

“The only thing I’m hoping for is that we will have enough to give each child a toy,” she said.

Other dropoff locations for the toy drive include Caverna High, Middle and Elementary schools and the T. Marzetti factory in Horse Cave, she said.

In addition to the toy drive, a Bowling Green-based Toys for Tots effort will also give some of what it collects to Caverna’s family resource and youth service centers, as has been the case in years past, Bunnell said.

“We actually have the whole community coming together to kind of collect toys,” she said. “I feel really blessed to have all this support.”