Toys For Tots Collection Set For Saturday In New Rochelle

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — The annual Toys for Tots event in New Rochelle will take place outside from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and will be a "drive by" event.

Organizer Jim Maisano said it will be held in the Hamilton Avenue lot next to New Rochelle City Hall on North Avenue, across from AJ's Burgers.

He said the procedures were changed to make it easier and safer to drop off new and unwrapped toys, gift cards or check, made out to Toys for Tots, due to the pandemic.

The Westchester Marine Corps League runs the toy drive and makes pick ups at TP Toys and at the end of the event Saturday.

All toys collected go to children in need in the area.

There are three other ways to make a donation:

1. Visit Kemesha at TP Toys, 572b North Ave. in New Rochelle — support a local business — buy toys there and put them right into our dropbox at store.
2. Buy online at TP Toys website: https://tptoysandaccessories.com. You need to enter your home address under "shipping" but then at very end, you will be prompted and can choose "Maisano Toy Drive."
3. Visit Amy at The Cut Above at 168 Myrtle Blvd. in Larchmont and add a toy to dropbox there.