Beverly Officer Sean R. Connolly Toy Drive Returns For 29th Year

BEVERLY, MA — North Shore residents are invited to drop off new and unwrapped toys to benefit Beverly children in need as part of the 29th annual Officer Sean R. Connolly Memorial Toy Drive.

Beverly police will be collecting toys at the North Beverly Plaza on Dec. 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Toys collected include board games, dolls, action figures, building blocks, art supplies, sports equipment and stuffed animals.

For more information, contact 978-922-1212.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)