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[Judy Hallman <hallman AT email.unc.edu>]

Calvin,

There's an article in today's Chapel Hill Herald, "Social Services still 
seeking toys for children in need." The URL is
http://www.heraldsun.com/orange/10-906518.cfm but the content is 
restricted to registered users. Here's what it says:

Social Services still seeking toys for children in need

BY BETH VELLIQUETTE : The Herald-Sun
bvelliquette AT heraldsun.com
Dec 12, 2007

CHAPEL HILL -- Could Santa come up short with toys for good girls and 
boys in Orange County this year?

How could the jolly old elf run out of toys before the last little girl 
or boy gets a gift this year? It could happen, but Nancy Coston, 
director of Orange County Department of Social Services, is hoping it 
won't -- and she's asking people for help.

DSS is working with Toys for Tots, a program run by U.S. Marines, to 
collect and distribute enough toys to give two or three Christmas 
presents each to 2,000 to 2,400 children in Orange County who are DSS 
clients.

The children range in age from newborns to teenagers, Coston said, and 
their parents will be allowed to select two or three gifts for each of 
their children at the distribution site beginning next Tuesday.

"We just don't want to end up over there, and go, 'Uh, oh,' " Coston 
said. "That would be a bad moment."

Judy Hallman

Calvin Powers wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> I have some children's toys that I was going to give my nephews for 
> Christmas but then I found something better. Rather than going through 
> the hassle of returning them, I thought I'd just donate them to a local 
> charity drive. But I'm having trouble locating one. Usually I look up 
> Toys for Tots but there does not seem to be a local contact.
>
> Can anyone recommend a similar program?
>
> Calvin
>
>
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