Toys For Tots In Bel Air: 85 Places To Drop Off Donations

BEL AIR, MD — The season of giving is here, and Toys for Tots campaigns are underway across the country, including in Bel Air. The mission of the foundation is to collect new, unwrapped toys and distribute them to less fortunate children at Christmas.

Founded through the Marine Corps in 1991, the nonprofit organization is still run exclusively by veteran Marines.

Craig Reeling is the Toys for Tots Coordinator for Harford County, where he said there are 208 drop sites. People can drop off new, unwrapped toys until mid December; most sites close their donations out around Dec. 16.

There are 85 drop-off sites in Bel Air:

• Bertucci's — 12 Bel Air South Parkway; those who drop off a toy can get a free appetizer from Dec. 5 to Dec. 16. Limit is one per table.
• Healthbridge— 137 East Broadway
• Patterson Mill High School, Special Education Department —85 Patterson Mill Road
• MedStar Health — 12 Medstar Boulevard
• Courtland Hearth & Hardware — 6 North Bond Street
• Plaza Ford — 1701 Belair Road
• Chick-fil-A — 408 Baltimore Pike
• Animal Emergency Hospital — 722 Baltimore Pike
• Silver Spring Mining Company — 705 Belair Road
• American Legion Post 39 — 500 N Hickory Avenue
• Philly Pretzel Factory — 225 Brierhill Drive
• Towson University in Northeastern Maryland — 510 Thomas Run Road
• Frederick Ward Associates — 5 South Main Street
• Redner's Warehouse Markets — 242126 North Fountain Green Road
• Neo Pizza — 5 Bel Air South Parkway
• Postal Solutions — 1443 Rock Spring Road
• Maryland Army National Guard — 5 Bel Air South Parkway
• Harford County Government — 220 South Main Street
• Howard Bank — 1403 Conowingo Road
• Woodlea Bakery — 548 Baltimore Pike
• Lorien Bel Air Health Services — 1909 Emmorton Road
• Brooms Bloom Dairy — 1700 South Fountain Green Road
• Wilmer Eye Insitute — 620 Boulton Road
• Goddard School — 2017 Emmorton Road
• HAR-CO Credit Union — 30 North Hickory Avenue
• A.C. Moore — 5 Bel Air South Parkway
• Miller's Ale House — 601 Baltimore Pike
• C. Milton Wright High School Music Department — 1301 North Fountain Green Road
• BerkshireHathaway Home Services Pen Fed Realty — 2015 Emmorton Road
• Navy Federal Credit Union — 5 Bel Air South Parkway
• McDonald's — 2111 Churchville Road
• Drayer Physical Therapy — 620 West MacPhail Road
• Primary Residential Mortgage — 208 North Hickory Avenue
• The Park at Winters Run — 110 Old Joppa Court
• Greenbrier Veterinary Clinic — 223-A Brierhill Drive
• Liberty Travel Bel Air — 696 Bel Air Road
• Weis Markets — 550 West MacPhail Road
• Artistry in Plastic Surgery — 602 South Atwood Road
• Avanti Luxury Apartments — 321 Russo Way
• Coldwell Banker —5 Bel Air South Parkway
• Stifel — 115 North Main Street
• Old Line Bank — 602 Hoagie Drive
• Towson University in Northeastern Maryland — 510 Thomas Run Road
• Harford Technical High School (SADD) — 200 Thomas Run Road
• Harford Artists' Association — 37 North Main Street
• Ameriprise Financial - Crossland Financial Group — 211 Fulford Avenue
• Vagabond Sandwich Company — 111 Thomas Street
• Saxons Diamond Centers — 217 Baltimore Pike
• Point Breeze Credit Union — 410 South Atwood Road
• Howard Bank — 12 A Bel Air South Parkway
• Seasons at Bel Air Apartments — 1001 Todd Road
• Expresscare Urgent Care - Bel Air — 1505 East Churchville Road
• Conrad's Seafood Market — 1207 Baltimore Pike
• IHOP — 593 Baltimore Pike
• Jones Junction Nissan — 1506 Belair Road
• Bel Air Center for Plastic & Hand Surgery — 2012 S. Tollgate Road
• Pep Boys — 403 A Baltimore Pike
• Shuck and Associate - Ameriprise Financial Services — 2014 South Tollgate Road
• The Pink Silhouette — 54 North Main Street
• Caliber 7 Ventures — 2440 East Churchville Road
• Carsins Run at Eva Mar — 301 North Fountain Green
• Sears — 658 Baltimore Pike
• Best Cleaners — 589 Baltimore Pike
• Bel Air Athletic Club — 658 Boulton Street
• i Love Kickboxing — 331 Baltimore Pike
• Red Robin — 602 Belair Road
• Bonefish Grill — 696 Belair Road
• Old Line Barbers — 585 Baltimore Pike
• Planet Fitness — 1449 Rock Spring Road
• APGFCU — 2113 Laurel Bush Road
• APGFCU — 1200 Agora Drive
• APGFCU — 321 South Main Street
• American Design and Build — 221 Gateway Drive
• The Greene Turtle Sports Bar & Grille — 696 Belair Road
• Off The Chain Cycling Studio/Off The Beet — 6538 Baltimore Pike
• Southhampton Middle School — 1200 Moores Mill Road
• Black Eyed Suzie's — 119 South Main Street
• The Learning Experience — 1221 Baltimore Pike
• Italian Sensation — 225 Brierhill Drive
• Palm Beach Tan — 225 Brier Hill Drive
• Looney's Pub — 312 S. Main Street
• Margherita's Pizza— 306 South Main Street
• Banners Hallmark (Harford Mall) — 668 Belair Road
• La Tolteca — 300 Baltimore Pike
• Benvenuto's Jewelers — 583 Baltimore Pike

Overall in 2018, there were 25,289 toys distributed locally and 4,018 children were supported through the campaign in Harford County.

Local campaigns are conducted annually in over 800 communities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, according to Toys for Tots. In the past year alone, the foundation collected and distributed 18 millions toys to 7 million less fortunate children.The nonprofit also partners with 12 major sponsors that have contributed at least $2 million in toys. The sponsors include Hallmark, the Walt Disney Company, the UPS Store and Kmart.

Toys for Tots allows participants to make a donation in 10 different ways: donate online, donate in memory or in honor, donate through the holiday recognition program, donate toys, donate by mail, CrowdFunding, employer gift matching, planned giving and supporting through the Native American Program.