VERNON — Households who want to assist these in want through the vacation season can achieve this by offering toys, present certificates, and financial donations to assist native youngsters have a cheerful vacation season.
The city is providing two present packages — the Social Companies Division’s Toy Store for kids ages 2 by means of 15 and the Fireplace Division’s annual Toys for Tykes program, which offers toys for infants and kids as much as 12 years previous.
“Yearly, I’m each astonished and moved by the generosity of the folks and companies of our neighborhood,” Mayor Daniel Champagne mentioned. “Vernon constantly comes by means of for our buddies and neighbors who want a hand offering vacation presents for his or her youngsters.”
Households can signal as much as obtain presents for his or her youngsters by calling the Social Companies Division at 860-870-3661, Ext. 9.
Whereas households can join both program between Nov. 1 and Dec. 1, they’ll solely join one of many two packages supplied.
The Toy Store might be situated within the Social Companies Division at City Corridor, the place dad and mom will be capable to select objects for his or her youngsters between the ages of two and 12, or present playing cards for kids between the ages of 13 and 15.
Unwrapped toys will be dropped off at City Corridor, and households wishing to offer present playing cards are being requested to purchase them within the quantity of $25 from shops that might be accessible to native households, equivalent to Khol’s, T.J. Maxx, “charitable present playing cards” from Walmart.com, and different native retailers.
Each toys and present playing cards needs to be dropped off by Dec. 1.
The Toys for Tykes program collects new toys and financial donations with drop packing containers positioned all through city, together with at Rocky’s Ace {Hardware}, the Rockville Public Library, Massive Sky Health, Casey’s Café in Ellington, and the Vernon Police Division.
The gathering packing containers might be out there by means of Dec. 16, and there are extra listed on the hearth division’s web site at www.vernonfire.com.
Firefighters then ship age-appropriate toys to households which have signed up by means of the Social Companies Division.
Financial donations will be mailed to the Vernon Volunteer Firefighters Affiliation, P.O. Field 951, Vernon, CT 06066.