Local Marine units urge customers to make a difference this Christmas by donating toys.
The Harbison Boulevard BabiesRUs location will kickoff the annual holiday toy drive in Columbia this week to benefit the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation.
Toys for Tots representatives will be stationed at BabiesRUs stores on Thursday, November 6 and Friday, November 7 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. to help accept donations from customers to provide children in need with gifts during the holiday season. All toy donations made at local BabiesRUs stores will stay within the community.
You can donate new, unwrapped toys and baby products at all BabiesRUs stores through Sunday, December 7. Monetary donations will be accepted through Wednesday, December 24.
With more than 13 million children living in poverty in the United States, BabiesRUs is committed to bringing smiles and toys to needy children during the holiday season. This year marks the fifth anniversary of the partnership between ToysRUs, Inc. and Toys for Tots. ToysRUs, Inc. has raised more than $13.5 million and collected more than 1.2 million toys for Toys for Tots since the partnership began in 2004.