It’s a Christmas that could’ve not been for Sarah Townsend’s two young boys. A miscommunication, made her and parents of some 600 other Rogue Valley kids, miss this year’s Toys 4 Tots distribution.
“i just started crying, 650 kids, that’s a lot of kids who are wanting,” says mother Sarah Townsend.
And as soon as the story aired here on NBC 5, donations started pouring in.
Townsend says “if you donated the first time, if you donated this time, you’ve made Christmas for a lot of kids, and that’s something to be proud.”
Volunteers took time out of their Christmas Eve to help.
“It makes Christmas all the more exciting and happier, for us to celebrate knowing that others will be happier too,” says volunteer Jennifer Shields.
And thanks to the holiday spirit of strangers, a miscommunication will not steal Christmas for 600 kids.
“This makes all the difference in the world cause this is going to put that smile on their face that wouldn’t have,” Townsend says.
They will be collecting at the Medford Shell Station at 3602 North Pacific Highway until 10 tonight. They are most in need of teenage boy and girl gifts right now. The regional director of Toys 4 Tots says that another distribution will be held this Saturday. And although it’s missing Christmas, he still wants all the kids to have their presents this year.
Toy Distribution
Saturday
9 am
1296 Antelope Rd.
White City
Volunteers to arrive at 8:30 am
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