How many households does the toy drive help?
Park: Last year, the church’s toy drive reached out to twelve hundred families. This year we’re reaching out to about fifteen hundred. In the past, we used to be able to give out toys to the older groups of kids, but with the economy, it’s been a little more difficult. We’re trying our best to give out as much as we can, but this year we’re keeping it to a major toy, a minor toy, and a stocking stuffer. We’re also giving out movie passes to the [kids] fourteen plus. It’s been hard, but at the same time, it would be very wrong for me to say that people haven’t been more generous—everything they give has been used for the community. People have also been very generous with their time. Some people have been here for eight-hour-plus days, nonstop.
