This year’s Toy Drive, organized by the The Bargain Shop, Southern Plains Co-op and the Bear Claw Casino has been very successful, receiving an abundance of donations. Santa made the call to the Carlyle Fire Department for help in transporting the toys that were generously donated.
The Drive, a fundraiser that makes for a special Christmas for area kids, met its goal of collecting $5,000 in toys and\or cash donations from the Bargain Shop, with donations from the Co-op and Casino yet to be tallied.
Santa and his helpers, many volunteers from the Fire Department and area had a busy Saturday morning loading the treasured cargo.
Southern Plains Co-op had a barbeque set up outside the Bargain Shop selling hotdogs and hamburgers to nourish any hungry passers-by, with all proceeds being donated as well.
Numerous volunteers made this toy drive a gigantic success.
“On behalf of the Bargain Shop, the Bear Claw Casino and the Co-op,” Debbie Jack thanked “the Fire Department for all the help”.
