Come out to our Truckload of Toys event and help give area kids a Merry Christmas

LIMA, OH (WLIO) - Christmas is creeping up on us, and the local "Toys for Tots" campaign is feeling the pinch.

The tables are a little bare at the Lima Salvation Army as they are starting to sort through the requests they have this year for assistance. They have 452 families signed up, which will have more than a thousand kids hoping for something under the tree this Christmas. 

Tomorrow, December 7th, is a great chance for people to help catch them up on gifts with the Your Hometown Stations' "Truckload of Toys."

"It kind of kicks off the season for us a lot of times, but with Thanksgiving falling so late in the season, people have just kind of waited to go purchase those toys. So we really need you to—if you're going to do it, we need you to do it soon. We're packing bags right now as much as we can, but we can only do so much with what we have," said Paul Downing, Allen County Toy For Tots.

Downing says they are in need of toys for all ages with a focus on older kids' items.

We encourage our viewers to drop off new, unwrapped toys at the Allentown Road Walmart on Saturday, December 7, 2024, for our Truckload of Toys event. The toys will be given to the Lima Salvation Army as part of their Toys for Tots program. The toys will be distributed to area children so that they have a merry Christmas.

We will be at the Walmart Supercenter, located at 2450 Allentown Rd, Lima, OH 45805, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on December 7, and we look forward to seeing you and giving you a Kewpee Hamburger coupon for your donation in helping local kids have a merry Christmas!