Great Lakes Division Hosts Toy Shops Across Michigan
*175 Families were served at the Alpena Corps Toy Shop
Every year Corps Community Centers throughout the Great Lakes Division host Toy Shops in the weeks leading up to Christmas. For hundreds of families they provide toys for children, food for Christmas dinner, and clothing.
The goods are donated by individuals and organizations in the local community, and serve children of all ages.
Here are some of the highlights from this year's Toy Shops:
*Bags of Christmas toys at the Benton Harbor Corps
*Benton Harbor Toy Shop Volunteers
*The Cadillac Corps Toy Shop
*Left: volunteers at the Cadillac Corps Toy Shop, Right: Volunteers at the Owosso Corps Toy Shop
*Major David Minks ready to distribute toys at the Warren Corps Toy Shop
*"Bountiful Boxes," food boxes filled with ingredients for a complete Christmas meal were donated by Bank of America and distributed at Corps Toy Shops across Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties
*Left: Grand Haven Corps Toy Shop, Right: a giant teddy bear donated to the Flint Citadel Toy Shop
To the donors and volunteers who have made these Toy Shops possible, we are extremely grateful!
If you would like to support great programs like the Toy Shops, you can donate to The Salvation Army now. And thanks to The Consortium of Hope, all donations from now till New Year’s Eve will be doubled.