Video: Coldwell Banker, Louise Archer Unite For Annual Toys For Tots Drive

Fourth grade students from celebrated the holiday season by marching down Nutley Street to Coldwell Bankers last week for the organization's annual Toys for Tots drive, which collects thousands of toys for local children in need each holiday season.

It's the seventh year of the partnership with , spearheaded by agent Jack Pagnelli and The Louise Archer Junior Optimists.  A Vienna Police escort stopped traffic for the students, who each carried one of the toys the school had collected for the past two months from their classrooms to a large tractor trailer in the Coldwell Banker parking lot.

There, the students collected candy canes and hot chocolate and also talked with several Marines, who distribute the toys to needy children and families in the greater Washington, D.C. area.

The school donated at least 271 toys this year; on the Marines' first pickup from the office, they hauled away more than 1,100, agent Mark Ackermann said. Several neighbors and local businesses contributed to that amount he said.

Coldwell Bankers will continue to collect new, unwrapped toys for Toys For Tots though the end of the holiday season. For more information, contact the office at (703) 938-5600.

For a glimpse of Louise Archer students marching down to the office, and hear more about the program, watch the video in the media player above.