The Peachtree City Fire Department

is collecting new unwrapped toys to support the annual Marine Corps Toys

for Tots drive, which provides gifts for needy children at Christmas.

Residents wishing to donate

toys can do so at the Neely Fire Station at 105 Peachtree Parkway north

next to Christ Our Shepherd Lutheran Church or at the Leach Fire Station

at 110 Paschal Rd., south of the Peachtree City Post Office.

Toys will be accepted between

the hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Monday, Dec. 22. The next day, a

Marine officer will transport the toys to needy families Dec. 24-26.

Some of those toys will go

to Fayette families because of the large demand for assistance sought

Last Christmas, Marines collected

and distributed over 12.9 million toys, bringing the joy of Christmas

to over 5.7 million children.

Cash donations may also be

made to the national campaign by calling the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation

at (703) 640-9433.

A host of corporations also

pledge their support each year to help make the campaign a success, organizers

said.

The foundation's web site,

toysfortots.org, contains the addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses

of the Toys for Tots coordinators in 456 communities across the U.S.