ResourceWest Needs More Help with Toy Drive

With 236 families still scheduled to come in for toys this week, ResourceWest’s shelves are already low in its annual Toy Chest drive.

This seasonal program provides new toys and gifts to children and teens through senior high living in Deephaven, Excelsior, Greenwood, Hopkins, Minnetonka, Shorewood and Woodland.

Families receive one large item, two smaller items, and stocking stuffers for each child. The program provided gifts to more than 1,350 children in 2010—a sharp increase compared to the 1,020 children who received gifts in 2009.

ResourceWest is especially in need of large-value toys (worth $15 or more) for the 6 to 12 and 13 and older age groups.

Toys can be dropped off at the following locations through Thursday:

• Coldwell Bankerat at County Road 101 and Highway 7 (the box says Toys for Tots but actually goes to Toy Chest)
• at  County Road101 and Minnetonka
• at Highway 7 in Hopkins
• at 50^th and France in Edina

Cash donations are also welcome and can be made on ResourceWest’s website. ResourceWest will be open until 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.