Toys for Tots is an annual holiday toy drive for children in need sponsored by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve.
This year, several businesses in the Saucon Valley area are serving as drop-off points for the program, which delivers thousands of new toys to grateful local families each year.
Saucon Valley drop-off points include:
- Coldwell Banker Hearthside, Realtors, 186 Main St., Hellertown, 9 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, through the first week of December. For more information, contact Cheyenne Reiman at 484-951-2329.
- dcs Accounting & Tax Services, 1528 Main St., Hellertown, 9 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, contact Maria Smith at 610-838-1890.
- Giant Food Store, 1880 Leithsville Road, Hellertown. A store associate said the dropoff bins will be available after Thanksgiving. For more information, contact the store at 610-838-7700.
- Edward H. Ackerman American Legion Post 397, 935 Main St., Hellertown. For more information, contact Cheyenne Reiman at 484-951-2329.
- Saucon Valley High School Auditorium during the High School Band’s annual Holiday Concert, Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. The high school is at 2100 Polk Valley Road, Hellertown.
- The Belmont Inne, 3750 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bethlehem
- *Dollar General, 3 Main St., Hellertown. The store is collecting toys for “Operation Homefront,” a program that distributes them to the children of junior enlisted military families.
Note: All donated toys should be new, unwrapped and in their original packaging.
To request a toy for a child in need, use the Toys for Tots website’s “Request a Toy” tool.
Do you know of another Hellertown-area dropoff location for Toys for Tots 2014? Please post details about it in the comments section.