PPC Collects More Than 2,000 Toys for Toys for Tots

Thank you to everyone in Patriots’ Path Council who donated to the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program.

“Even though we were limited to only collecting at the Scout Shops this year, we collected the most toys ever,” said Linda Cummings, PPC community service chairperson. “In 2018 we collected 1,178 toys and in 2019 we collected 371 toys. This year, a year where the need was so much greater, we collected 2,003 toys.”

Special thanks to the Flintlocks, Chatham Cub Scout Pack 24, Hopatcong Cub Scout Pack 88, Edison Troop 110, East Hanover Pack 20, Fords Fire Company No. 1 Cub Scout Packs 53 and 26, and Girl Scout Troop 80001, which also meets at Fords Fire Company No. 1. These units conducted drives and then donated to the council.

Pack 88 set up a donation site at the Hopatcong Marketplace and its charter organization for weeks.

Packs 53 and 26, and Girl Scout Troop 80001, did a reverse Santa at the firehouse where all the Scouts helped to fill Santa’s sleigh. Some of the Cub Scouts from the packs are pictured above with Santa, Mrs. Claus and the elves.

It took eight trips of various-sized sleighs to get the toys to the U.S. Marine Corps. The group was so grateful to Patriots’ Path Council for always supporting it and was in awe of the amount the council donated.

“On behalf of the Community Service Committee, thank you for your generosity and making a difference in our community,” said Cummings.

Cub Scout Pack 88 in Hopatcong set up a donation site at the Hopatcong Marketplace to collect toys for this year’s Toys for Tots campaign.

Members of Hopatcong Cub Scout Pack 88 stand with some of the toys collected.

Fords Fire Company No. 1 was a collection site for this year’s Toys for Tots campaign.

The Flintlocks collected toys for this year’s Toys for Tots campaign.

More than 2,000 toys for Toys for Tots packed the lobby of the Patriots’ Path Council service center in Cedar Knolls.