ACTUAL RAILROAD TRAIN TO COLLECT TOYS FOR TOTS
IN HUDSON VALLEY AREA DECEMBER 9
The Middletown & New Jersey Railroad is proud to announce that on December 9, 2012 they will operate their First Annual “Operation Toy Train” in the Hudson Valley Area. Their mission is to collect donated toys for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Foundation. “Operation Toy Train” has been a program since 2009 in NJ. In 2011, more than 10,000 toys were collected on the train. All toys collected will be distributed to needy families in the area. Along the route, the train will stop at 5 locations in NY where members of the public can drop off toys, see Santa Claus, experience a variety of working railroad equipment, and meet members of the Marine Corps.
Members of the public are encouraged to drop off new, unwrapped toys at various collection points along the route in the first two weeks of December. At each stop, one or more businesses or organizations has a large collection box. All information will be posted to www.facebook.com/OperationToyTrain.
December 9th the train will start off in Warwick, NY and continue on to Sugar Loaf, Campbell Hall, Montgomery, and Walden along the Middletown & New Jersey Railroad.
THE SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER 9th IS AS FOLLOWS:
The train will be parked in Warwick, NY overnight December 8, and the collection of toys will begin in Warwick at 9 am. We will depart Warwick at 10 am and arrive in Sugarloaf at 10:30 am. The train will depart Sugarloaf at 11:15 am and arrive in Campbell Hall at 12:05 pm. It will depart at 12:50 pm and head to Montgomery and arrive at 1:15 pm. It will then arrive for its last stop in Walden at 2:35 pm. The train will depart Walden at 3:20 pm.
The mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November, and December each year and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community where the campaign is conducted. For those of you, who would like to be a drop off point, please stop by the caboose in Warwick, NY and pick up a box!
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