University of Colorado basketball fans can help needy children in Boulder County this holiday season by donating toys at upcoming men聮s and women聮s games.
The Nov. 28 women聮s games and Dec. 5 men聮s game will host a toy drive to benefit the Toys for Tots program. Donations of new, unwrapped toys will be accepted at the door.
The Nov. 28 game features the Coors Classic women聮s consolation game at 5 p.m. and the championship game at 7 p.m. The Dec. 5 men聮s game features CU vs. Idaho State at 7 p.m. All games are held at the Coors Events/Conference Center on the Boulder campus.
Toys will be collected by Marines from the CU Naval ROTC and will be donated to the Toys for Tots program for Boulder area families. Toys for Tots is a national program started by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve that has collected more than 231 million toys during the last 50 years. Local organizations then distribute the toys in the areas in which they are collected.
Marines from CU聮s Naval ROTC also are teaming up with CU-Boulder's Staff Council to conduct a toy drive with departments across campus. Both new and used toys will be collected at sites across campus from Dec. 1 through Dec. 15. All new toys that are collected will be donated to the Toys for Tots program. Gently-used toys will be donated to the Share A Gift organization, part of the Holiday Food Basket program that will distribute food, gifts and coats to needy Boulder families Dec. 19-20.
The toy drives are co-sponsored by the Marines in the CU Naval ROTC, CU-Boulder Staff Council, CU-Boulder Office of Community Relations, CU Athletic Department and the Chancellor's Office.