A Drive For Toys (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Santa Rosa firefighterDaryl Sager has plenty of experience helping with holiday toy drives. The former Marine machine gunner said he enjoyed Toys for Tots duty partly because it was so straightforward.

Marketing approach to toys changes greatly (The Columbus Dispatch)
Times change and budgets might get tighter, but toys will always sell at the holidays. Just not at the same places they used to.

Danger doesn't make toys great (Sun-Sentinel)
Think about safety when shopping for toys this holiday season. Among the toy hazards and concerns listed by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission:

NPD launches Toys for Tots campaign (The Newark Post)
The Newark Police Department, in cooperation with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, has begun its annual Toys for Tots campaign by accepting donated gifts for children up to 12 years old.

The force is with Toys for Tots (Everett Herald)
LYNNWOOD -- Storm troopers, Rebel pilots and Sith lords greeted busy holiday shoppers at the Alderwood mall Saturday. About a dozen fully costumed characters from the epic Star Wars series spent the afternoon at the Toys "R" Us store collecting donations for the Toys for Tots program.

Groups collecting used plastic toys (Northwest Herald)
CRYSTAL LAKE – Now is the time to clean out the toy box before presents fill it back up, and a group of local organizations hopes that you’ll donate the extra toys to them. 

Two-Wheeled Tuesdays raises money for area Toys for Tots (Fond du Lac Reporter)
Two-Wheeled Tuesdays has raised nearly $20,000 for the Salvation Armys Toys for Tots Programs in Fond du Lac and Washington Counties, and additional charities designated by program participants. The event takes place the second Tuesday of each month from June through September at Rock the House Pub and Grill, N11710 State Road 175, Brownsville.

SAN MARCOS: College wood shop celebrates 10 years of making toys (North County Times)
SAN MARCOS ---- It has been a decade since the Palomar College woodworking shop began turning out toys for charitable groups, and in those 10 years instructors estimate that their students have produced at least 4,000 of the old-fashioned wooden trinkets.

Ailing children to receive Build-A-Bear toys (The Post-Standard)
About 40 children with cancer and blood disorders will get free Build-A-Bear toys today from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The Froio Foundation and Build-A-Bear are treating each child from University Hospital's Center for Children's Cancer to one free toy and one free outfit for the toy.

Local AAA partners with ‘Toys for Tots’ this holiday season (Humble Observer)
The Humble AAA office, as well as the other eight locations in the Houston area, is teaming up with the Toys for Tots program to collect toys for the 2008 holiday season.