AND THERE WERE TOYS
As a Toys for Tots sponsor for the Marines, the Rotary Club of Buffalo was contacted a day before its annual holiday party to confirm the time for the two Marines to come for dinner and to pick up the club's donation of toys. They related that a toy distributor was looking for a public event at which to donate toys and noticed that Buffalo Rotary is a sponsor of Toys for Tots. The Marines asked if the club would be willing to have the toy distributor join the event and that there would possibly be news coverage. Jason Hebert at Buffalo Toy Sale arranged the publicity. In additio
n to the toys collected at Larkin Commerce Center (Buffalo Rotary's office location) and from the club's Rotarians, Jason brought over 3000 more toys!!!!
n to the toys collected at Larkin Commerce Center (Buffalo Rotary's office location) and from the club's Rotarians, Jason brought over 3000 more toys!!!! Spectrum News was there to cover the event and interviewed Club President Nora Eberl and Foundation President Laurie Albertsson, the Marines about Toys for Tots, Jason Hebert, and local celebrity, singer and songwriter, Mindy Davey, who won America’s Got Talent Front of the Line Pass Contest in 2017 with 48,000 votes. This was the third year that Buffalo Toy Sale, which runs in the weeks running up to the holiday season, donates thousands of toys to local children in need through Toys for Tots, Make a Wish, Camp Good Days, Buffalo Fathers Group, Haven House, and more!
Needless to say, the club's holiday party on December 19th was phenomenal!