Toy Mountain campaign launches
Posted Nov 3, 2010 5:47 am.
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The 16th annual Toy Mountain campaign kicks off Wednesday.
Over the next few weeks, Calgarians are being asked to drop off toy donations at a number of locations around town.
Joanne Johnson with 660News sister station Lite 96 says the campaign hasn’t changed over the years, but what people give has.
Johnson says these days people are giving a lot of gift cards; that wasn’t the case 16 years ago when they started the campaign.
“It’s all about bringing new unwrapped toys for the kids of Calgary,” she says. “The Salvation Army will distribute those to kids who really need toys this Christmas.”
Toys can be dropped off at any of the following locations:
– Lite 96
– Bankers Hall
– Marlborough Mall
– Westbrook Mall
– IKEA
– Fabricland
– GSL Chev City
– Albi Show Homes
– Calgary Police Service locations
Last year, Calgarians donated 25,000 toys.
