Toys for Tots

Help Children and Families in Need
This Holiday Season

Be Part of the Civic Council's Annual Toys for Tots Drive

Brighten the holidays for a needy child by donating a toy or book to the Park Slope Civic Council’s 17th Annual Toys for Tots drive. All through the holiday season, the Civic Council collects new and gently used unwrapped gifts for children ages 12 and under at locations throughout the Slope. All toys collected are given to local organizations that work with families in need.

Last year’s program resulted in a record-breaking 1,100 toys, almost twice the amount of any year past. Our goal for this year's drive is to match or even exceed that total, spreading more joy and community spirit.

The first event of the drive will take place on Sun., Nov. 20, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., as we gather at St. Saviours Parish Hall, located below the church on Eighth Avenue and Sixth Street to wrap the collection boxes for our many drop-off locations.

Toys and books will then be collected starting on Thanksgiving -- Thurs., Nov. 24 -- all the way through Little Christmas, Fri., Jan. 6. You can leave your gifts at:

• Astoria Federal Savings, 110 Seventh Ave. at President Street / 459 Fifth Ave. at 10th Street
• Back to the Land Natural Foods, 142 Seventh Ave. between Carroll Street and Garfield Place
• The Church of St. Saviour, 611 Eighth Ave. at Sixth Street
• Citibank, 114 Seventh Ave. at President Street
• The Community Book Store, 143 Seventh Ave. between Carroll Street and Garfield Place
• Dram Shop, 339 Ninth St. between Fifth and Sixth Avenues
• JUST ADDED: Elizabeth Pongo Fitness Studio, 402 Fifth St. between Fifth and Sixth Avenues
• JUST ADDED: Evan Breth Progressive Podiatry, 702 Eighth Ave. at Seventh Street
• JUST ADDED: Greenwood Baptist Church, 461 Sixth St. at Seventh Avenue
• JUST ADDED: La Bagel Delight, 284 Seventh Ave., between Sixth and Seventh Streets
• Little Things Toy Store, 145 Seventh Avenue between Carroll and Garfield Streets
• New Millennium Real Estate, 443 Fourth St. between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
• Office of Assemblymember Joan Millman, 341 Smith St. at Carroll Street
• JUST ADDED: North Flatbush Avenue Business Improvement District, various stores along Flatbush Avenue with a Toys For Tots poster on display
• Orrichio Anderson Realty, 302 Seventh Ave. between Seventh and Eighth Streets
• Park Slope Armory -- YMCA Sports Complex, Eighth Avenue at 14th Street
• Prospect Park YMCA, 357 Ninth St. between Fifth and Sixth Avenues
• JUST ADDED: St. Francis Xavier R.C. Church, 225 Sixth Ave. at Carroll Street
• Scottadito Restaurant, 788 Union St. between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
• JUST ADDED: Shaw Real Estate, 179 Seventh Ave, between Third and Fourth Streets

Toys will also be collected at the Jingle Bell Jamboree, on Saturday, Dec. 17, 7 p.m., at Congregation Beth Elohim, Eighth Avenue and Garfield Place.

Thanks to everyone who is volunteering venues and time for this worthy holiday cause.