Toys for Tots 2011 Kickoff Event

The US Marine Corps and Greensboro personal-injury firm, Ward Black Law are teaming up for their 4th consecutive year on December 1st for the 2011 Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots kick-off campaign, “Operation Santa.”  The public is invited to participate in the event and make Christmas brighter for children who might otherwise not receive a gift for Christmas.  Ward Black Law and Great Clips will be collecting toys through December 16 for those who cannot make the Kickoff Event.

The Toys for Tots drive will be held at the corner of West Wendover Avenue and Virginia Street in Greensboro outside Ward Black Law from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec.1, 2011. The public is invited to stop by and donate new, unwrapped gifts for children ages infant to 12-years-old that will be distributed to needy children by the Marines in the Triad area prior to Christmas.


The event will be a fun-filled day for all who participate.

•    Stylists from Great Clips in Greensboro will offer free haircuts on site for a minimum $5 donation to Toys for Tots.  If you don't have time for a haircut that day, coupons for a discounted cut will be given away with each donation.
•    Free Krispy Kreme doughnuts, Starbucks coffee and Chick-Fil-A biscuits will be offered in the morning for toy or monetary donations.
•    Grill 4 God will be on site preparing BBQ chicken dinners for all toy or monetary donations between the hours of 11am and 2:00pm.  Golden Corral will offer the sides to go along with the dinners.
•    Coke will provide their products to everyone who stops by with a new unwrapped toy or monetary donations all day at the Ward Black Law office.
•    Marines in uniform will be present to greet visitors and collect donated toys and monetary donations for Toys for Tots.
•    WTQR will be provideing music all day, featuring WTQR's well-known DJ, Jeff Roper on site from noon until 2:00 pm.  Another of WTQR's DJ's, Angie Ward will be on site from 4:00 until 6:00 pm.
•    The Marine Hummer will be available for the public to inspect during the day.
•    Santa Claus will drop in during the afternoon between 1:00 and 6:00 to visit with the kids who accompany their parents with a donation to Toys for Tots.
•    From 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm Ward Black Law will have a Kidszone tent with a magician, balloon animals, and face-painting.
•    A singing group from Teen Challenge will offer up Christmas music during the lunch hour.
•    The Greensboro Fire Department will have one of their fire trucks for the big kids and little kids to check out during the event.
•    Additional special guests will make appearances throughout the day.

Come join Ward Black Law and the Marines for a fun and rewarding day.

“Toys for Tots is really a double blessing,” said Janet Ward Black, Greensboro attorney and former president of the North Carolina Bar Association. “Donors are not only reaching out to needy families in our community, but they’re also supporting the men and women in our military. Isn’t that a cool way to celebrate Christmas?”

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