Community & Business
25 December, 2022
Children receive joy from toys
WEEKS after another highly successful Tablelands Toy Run, the hardworking volunteers for Atherton Tablelands Salvation Army have been giving out hundreds of toys to children and food hampers to families in need.
The thinly stretched volunteers have been hard at work trying to make sure families do not go without gifts for their children or food for their tables this Christmas.
As of print, 257 toys have been given out to Tablelands children and each fam-ily that receives toys also receives a food hamper, around 80 hampers have been given out so far.
Atherton Tablelands Salvos Corps Leader Miriam Newton-Gentle said the Salvos are well on track to delivering an estimated 400 toys this year.
While the cut off for signing up to receive gifts ended on the day of the Toy Run, Ms Newton-Gentle said she is still receiving applications and putting them on a waiting list to see if any toys are ungiven.
Ms Newton-Gentle would also like to thank the Tablelands community for their continued support of both the Salvation Army and each other during the season of giving.
