Toys For Tots: How To Help In Danbury

DANBURY, CT — While you’re checking off holiday gifts for family members, don’t forget the kids who aren’t on anyone’s shopping list and pick up some items for the Toys for Tots campaign in Danbury.

Sponsored by the Marine Corps Reserves since 1991, Toys for Tots is organized locally in Danbury by Marine Veterans of Fairfield County, Inc

Last year, the NW Fairfield County CT Campaign distributed 18,974 toys to 9,220 children who might not otherwise have gotten any Christmas gifts. To date, the Toys for Tots program has distributed 677 million toys to 301 million children.

Besides dropping off new, unwrapped toys at several drop-off locations, people who want to support the campaign can also donate online.

Here are the drop-off sites in Danbury:

• Center for Pediatric Medicine - 107 Newtown Road Suite 1D
• Colonial Ford - 126 Federal Road
• Colonial Mazda - 100 Federal Road
• Colonial Subaru - 120 Federal Road
• Danbury Dodge - 100 Federal Road
• Danbury Hyundai - 100 Federal Road
• Danbury Volkswagen - 29 Sugar Hollow Road
• Ingersoll Auto - 84 Federal Road
• Honda of Danbury - 100 Federal Road
• Lee Farm Corp Park- 83 Wooster Heights Rd.
• TGM Willow Grove - 48 Briar Ridge Rd
• Wireless Zone - 109 Federal Road
• Volvo of Danbury - 106 Newtown Road
• Premier Collision Center - 52 Newtown Road
• Colonial Ford - 126 Federal Road
• Wireless Zone - 68 Newtown Road

The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation is an IRS-recognized nonprofit public charity created in 1991. The foundation, created in 1991, uses 97 percent of every donation to buy toys for children in need.