Westport Police To Host 2017 Annual Holiday Toy Drive

WESTPORT, CT - The Westport Police Department Local Union #2080 and Police Benevolent Association will be hosting their annual Holiday Toy Drive, which provides toys for underprivileged children throughout Fairfield County and beyond. The program has been extremely successful in the past, allowing for thousands of toys to be distributed to children who otherwise would have none.

The department asks for your continued support and generosity to help make this year’s drive as successful as in the past. By doing so, participants will bring joy to so many children who often have none, according to a release.

Westport Police Officers will accept new, unopened, and unwrapped toys, as well as cash donations, in the parking lot of ASF Sports & Outdoors (1560 Post Road East, Westport) on the following Saturdays and Sundays:

• Dec. 9 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Dec. 10 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Dec. 16 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Dec. 17 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

In the case of inclement weather, please call the Westport Police Department at 203-341-6000 or check with the local news services.

Should the weather not allow a trip to ASF on any one of those days, the donations can be brought to the Westport Police Department as soon as conditions allow.

Collection boxes will be set up Dec. 1 through 17 at the following locations:

• Westport Police Department, 50 Jesup Road, 24 hours a day
• Westport Town Hall (110 Myrtle Avenue) during business hours, Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• ASF Sports & Outdoors (1560 Post Road East) during store hours, Monday-Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Renato’s Jewelers (1765 Post Road East) during store hours of Monday-Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (holiday hours beginning Dec. 10)

Any questions can be directed to Sgt. Jill Ruggiero at 203-341- 6000.

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