Toys For Tots: How To Help In Ridgefield

RIDGEFIELD, 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 Ridgefield.

Sponsored by the Marine Corps Reserves since 1991, Toys for Tots is organized locally in Ridgefield 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 Ridgefield:

• Bissells Pharmacy - 23 Governor Street
• Coldwell Banker - 398 Main Street
• Cubesmart - 832 Ethan Allen Hwy
• Edward Jones - 66 Danbury Road
• Reynolds & Rowella CPAs 38C Grove Street
• Ridgefield Bank - Main Office 150 Danbury Road
• Ridgefield Fire Dept.- 6 Catoonah Street
• Ridgefield Police Dept.- 76 East Ridge Road
• Pamby Motors - 665 Danbury Road Showroom
• Pamby Motors - 143 Danbury Road Service
• The Toy Chest - 441 Main Street
• The UPS Store - 54 Danbury 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.