News4JAX viewers spread holiday cheer by donating to Channel 4 Toy Drive

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Channel 4′s Positively JAX Toy Drive kicked disconnected Wednesday.

News4JAX viewers from crossed the country person dropped disconnected new, unwrapped toys for Jacksonville Toys for Tots to assistance marque the vacation play a spot brighter for immoderate children and to assistance marque the load a batch lighter for their families.

Lucinda Jones purchased bicycles and dropped them disconnected astatine the presumption successful the morning.

“I’m conscionable blessed to beryllium here,” Jones said. “I emotion doing this. I emotion doing it for the kids. I cognize erstwhile I couldn’t get everything I wanted, truthful erstwhile I tin spend it. I spell and walk the money.”

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From excited viewers similar Jones to a kid who donated an full contention car acceptable to moving companies similar College Hunks, the joyousness of dropping disconnected toys has been felt passim the day.

“We bash a batch of donations astatine College Hunks, truthful anytime we could specifically donate, truthful alternatively than going to our mean donation centers, if we could bash it for a artifact thrust successful this clip of year, absolutely, we’re going to,” said Russell Tully, with College Hunks.

We’ve collected bicycles, basketballs, scooters, stuffed animals and dolls — conscionable to sanction a few.

Our donations boxes are overflowing, but we inactive request your help, too.

If you’d similar to donate, determination is inactive time. Please bargain a caller artifact for a kid up to property 12. You don’t person to get retired of your car. Just thrust up during the all-day drop-off lawsuit and we’ll judge your donation.

WHO: News4JAX, Channel 4 and Toys for Tots

WHAT: All-day artifact drop-off event

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WHEN: Wednesday, Dec. 1, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

WHERE: Channel 4 Studios, 4 Broadcast Place, Jacksonville, FL 32207

If you can’t marque it by Channel 4 connected December 1, you person until Dec. 9 to driblet disconnected a toy.

Since 1947, Toys for Tots has distributed 604 cardinal toys to 272 cardinal little fortunate children crossed America.

We besides privation to punctual you that if you haven’t signed up to articulation our Positively JAX Movement, we privation to invitation you to bash truthful by clicking here. This is your one-stop to see, stock and motion up for each the bully things happening successful each our section communities.

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