Iredell Veterans Service Office Collecting Toys For Tots

MOORESVILLE, NC — The Iredell County Veterans Service Office is collecting new, unwrapped toys in its annual Toys for Tots drive.

For more than 70 years, the Marine Toys For Tots donation drive has provided 548 million toys to 251 million children, the organization said.

Iredell County Veterans Services Offices will be collecting toys in bins through Dec. 15 at office locations at 200 S. Center Street in Statesville and 610 E. Center Avenue in Mooresville.

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Photo: Shaquille O'Neal (Shaq-A-Claus) visits Humphries Elementary School as part of the Marines Toys for Tots program on December 5, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images for Toys'R'Us)