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Empty Stocking Toy Drive

Friday, November 30, 2012

Barrow County Firefighters Collecting Toys for Local Children in Need This Saturday

Donations will be accepted Saturday, Dec. 1, in the Barrow Crossing shopping center parking lot in front of the Staples store.

'Tis the season of giving, and firefighters with Barrow County Emergency Services are joining members from the Barrow Emergency Support Team/Community Emergency­­­ Response Team in hosting their annual “Empty Stocking” toy drive. “All proceeds from this toy drive will again go to the Holiday Connection store,” Lieutenant Scott Dakin said in a news release. “This means that all donations will stay right here in Barrow County to help those of our neighbors that are in need this Christmas.” The Holiday Connection is a gift store operated by Barrow County Family Connection/Communities in Schools, a collaborative in which various local agencies work together to meet the needs of Barrow County residents. The toy drive will be held Dec. 1 and Dec…

Saturday, November 24, 2012

Toy Drive Benefiting Local Children in Need Kicks Off Today

Donations will be accepted today, as well as Saturdays Dec. 1 and Dec. 8 in the Barrow Crossing shopping center parking lot in front of the Staples store and at all Barrow County fire stations.

It's the season of giving, and firefighters with Barrow County Emergency Services are joining members from the Barrow Emergency Support Team/Community Emergency­­­ Response Team in hosting their annual “Empty Stocking” toy drive. “All proceeds from this toy drive will again go to the Holiday Connection store,” Lieutenant Scott Dakin said in a news release. “This means that all donations will stay right here in Barrow County to help those of our neighbors that are in need this Christmas.” The Holiday Connection is a gift store operated by Barrow County Family Connection/Communities in Schools, a collaborative in which various local agencies work together to meet the needs of Barrow County residents. The toy drive will be held today, Dec. 1 …

Friday, November 25, 2011

County Agencies to Start Toy Drive this Weekend

All donations of new, unwrapped toys will be given to children in need in Barrow County.

Just two days after the Thanksgiving holiday, Barrow County Emergency Services and the Barrow County Community Emergency Response Team will be collecting toys to help make Christmas merry for local children in need. The Empty Stocking Toy Drive kicks off Saturday in the parking lot of the Barrow Crossing shopping center, where county first responders and CERT members will be collecting new, unwrapped toys for children between the age of 3 and 18. The agencies are working with Barrow County Family Connection/Communities In Schools,the organization that hosts the Holiday Connection, to distribute the toys. “All donations will stay here in Barrow County helping the families of Barrow that are in need," Lt. Scott Dakin, public information …

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10:16 am on Friday, November 25, 2011

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