Troop C Ready For Stuff A Cruiser Toy Collection Program

TOLLAND, CT — Stuff-A-Cruiser, the Connecticut State Police's annual toy and gift collection program, is scheduled for Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on the Tolland Green, in front of the Tolland Arts Center.

State Police from Troop C are challenging area residents to help them stuff their cruisers with new, unwrapped toys and gifts.

This year because of the coronavirus pandemic, troopers are encouraging residents to donate gift cards and monetary donations. However, toys will be graciously accepted, they added.

The toys and gifts collected will be distributed to less-fortunate children in the towns serviced by Troop C.

The Troopers will be in their cruisers on the Green to greet everyone dropping off gifts.

Gifts will be given to children up to age 17 and there is a significant need for holiday gifts or gift cards for children and teens ages 8 to 14.

Troop C serves the towns of Ashford, Ellington, Mansfield, Somers, Tolland, Union, and Willington.

From now until Dec. 18, gifts and monetary donations will also be accepted at the Troop C barracks on Route 74 in Tolland, at the Tolland Resident Trooper's Office or Human Services office in the Hicks Municipal Center, 21 Tolland Green.

For additional information, call the Tolland Resident Trooper's office at 860-875-8911; Troop C at 860-896-3200; or Tolland Youth Services at 860-871-3612 or 860-871-3648.