Troop member Christian Williams explained the Christmas Toy Giveaway. “They’re volunteering their time throughout this whole process,” Leland said. There was a little nostalgia, looking at the toy cars and remembering the times they played with cars when they were kids.Ĭommunity service projects like working on a toy drive can earn participants credit in Scouting programs, but the members of Troop 777 did this pretty much for free.
“These guys separate (the toys) into categories that make sense,” Leland said.Īnd yes, the Scouts played with them a little, too. The Scouts sorted them out and packaged them for distribution, a project that involved determining which toys best fit which kids, and packaging just the right combinations of those toys.
“This year, we’re going to be able to have an impact.”Īll of them had to be sorted – toys for little kids, toys for bigger kids, toys for boys, toys for girls. “It was a very, very good year,” Leland said. The toy drive produced boxes and boxes full of toys. Dollar Tree shoppers donate the toys.Įarlier toy drives were so successful, Leland said, that Operation Homefront organizers decided to extend the giveaway to non-military families. Operation Homefront works with the Dollar Tree franchise, including the Moses Lake store. Operation Homefront is a year-round outreach and assistance project for military veterans, and the toy giveaway started as part of that, Leland said. It was the fourth annual Christmas Toy Giveaway, and the second one time the Scouts have been involved, said Jim Leland, parent of one of the Scouts and an organizer of Operation Homefront.
They were the runners as families drove up to Moses Lake Alliance Church Saturday, taking requests at the curb and delivering the toys to the car.
MOSES LAKE - Members of Boy Scouts of America Troop 777 not only sorted the toys and bagged the toys, they delivered the toys for curbside pickup.Īnd there were a lot of toys – the troop spent parts of two days sorting and bagging.
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