The 亚洲天堂 Lake Airsoft Association (BLAA) is running their first annual Christmas toy drive in partnership with the Tweedsmuir Hotel.
Lakes District 亚洲天堂 spoke to to BLAA Secretary Curtis Lobermayer, who said the event was inspired by previous community based fundraisers run by the association.
鈥淲e had a very successful food drive earlier this fall, which was organized by one of our board members Devvon Barnhart,鈥� said Lobermayer. 鈥淲e wanted to do something similar for the holidays, but put a different twist on it.鈥�
As part of the program, donation bins have been set up at ACI Computer Services, Woods n鈥� Water Sports & Recreation, Downtown Central, IDA, Pharmasave, Uptown Automotive and LDFC Printing and Stationary. Toys can be dropped off at any one of those locations until Dec. 19.
At that point, the toys will be collected and brought to the Tweedsmuir Hotel to be wrapped, a job that will be done by volunteers from the BLAA. 鈥淭he airsofters will be doing the wrapping, so the gifts may not look exactly like they came from Santa鈥檚 workshop, but we鈥檙e going to do our very best,鈥� Lobermayer joked.
In terms of a donation goal, Lobermayer says they don鈥檛 have any expectations, mainly because this is the first time the event is being run so there isn鈥檛 a baseline to go off of. 鈥淲e just hope that people are generous with donations, and we can positively impact as many lives as possible this holiday season,鈥� he said.
The gifts will be distributed for pickup by Dec. 22. In certain cases where registered people don鈥檛 have access to a vehicle, the gifts will be personally dropped off.
If you would like to register to receive a gift for your child, call the Tweedsmuir Hotel at 250-692-7771.
