Toys for Tots gathers thousands for area children
Hundreds of people attended an event at the Brick House in Butler Thursday night, with food, music, a photo booth, and lots and lots of toys.
Chuck Swidzinski, a sales associate and team leader at Berkshire Hathaway who helps coordinate the event, said the annual Toys for Tots gift drive party isn’t even the best part of his season.
“I think the best part is when you're up at the mall when they give toys away, people come with their vouchers,” Swidzinski said. “It's going to make their kids' Christmas. It's nice to see that we can help people have Christmas for their children.”
Swidzinski and his team work in tandem with local county Marines and Marine veterans, who have distributed toys to county families for the past 10 years. Swidzinski credited Jared Sullivan, a listing agent for Berkshire Hathaway, with coming up with the idea for the Toys for Tots drive, and later helping suggest it to area Marines.
The drive on Thursday is an annual opportunity for people to help the cause during a night of fun that costs only a toy, and, according to Swidzinski, the event has grown larger and larger in the 11 years it has been hosted.
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