Beth Skibicki, volunteer with Toys for Tots, left, assists Jasmine Thorpe, of Butler, with choosing toys for her six children at Clearview Mall in Center Township, on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Hundreds of parents shopping at the Clearview Mall on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday will find holiday gifts selected from a certain storefront will all be free.

Chad Krumpe, a state trooper who has been coordinating Toys for Tots in Butler County for about six years, said about 2,200 children are registered to receive gifts through the program this year, which is about average for Butler County.

Families who registered to receive toys will get one “large” toy, two “medium” toys and two “small” toys for children ages 1 through 10, and one toy of each size for infants and children 11 and older.

The toys are donated new or items purchased through cash donations. According to Krumpe, donations to Toys for Tots this year could have been better.

The Stivason family, from left, Elliot, 6, Justin, and Stephanie, of Kittanning, Armstrong County, sort toys for the Toys for Tots distribution location at Clearview Mall in Center Township, on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Justin has been a member of the 377th Engineers, U.S. Army Reserves, for 15 years. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

“We’re a little lower in the amount of toys than usual,” Krumpe said Wednesday. “Tonight we’ll go shopping to restock — last year we spent $60,000 to restock toys.”

Krumpe said the coordinators of Toys for Tots try to accommodate families who need holiday gifts for their children, working with their schedules and removing barriers that keep them from attending the distribution.

Marine Corps veteran Sam Zurzolo said Marines started Toys for Tots in Butler County in 1983, and volunteers like Krumpe keep the program successful.

“There’s a lot of people who need toys for Christmas,” Zurzolo said.

Alex Beatty, of Pittsburgh, 475th Quartermaster, U.S. Army, sorts board games at the Toys for Tots distribution point at Clearview Mall in Center Township, on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

John Swartzlander volunteers in the boys bike area for Toys for Tots pick up at Clearview Mall in Center Township, on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Alex Beatty, of Pittsburgh, 475th Quartermaster in the U.S. Army, spins a basketball on his finger while among the hundreds of items at the Toys for Tots distribution point at Clearview Mall in Center Township, on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

From left, Ken Krumpe, a life member Marine Corps; Jack Sell, Air Force; Walt Skibicki, Bantam Marine Corps; and Chad Krumpe, Marine Corps, unload a trailer of toys at Clearview Mall in Center Township, on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Hundreds of toys are available to people who signed up for Toys for Tots assistance at Clearview Mall in Center Township. Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle