Express & Star Toy Appeal: Gifts come flooding in to brighten up Christmas for needy youngsters
Donations of toys have been flooding in for the Express & Star's Christmas Toy Appeal, less than a week after it was launched.
The newspaper has teamed up with our partners at Shrewsbury-based Storage King to bring festive joy to youngsters who are facing difficult times.
Toys, games and DVDs have been brought into our collection points across the Black Country.
The campaign, which is supporting families of workers at Caparo steel that recently lost their jobs as well as sick children's at hospitals all over the region, has already been backed by generous donations from Walsall Football Club and King Street Toys in Wolverhampton.
While Toys R Us in Oldbury have kindly agreed to use their shop as a one of our collection points making it even easier for people to drop off their toys to.
Meanwhile, a flurry of politicians all over the Black Country have supported the campaign in recent days.
Rob Marris, MP for Wolverhampton South West, urged people to get on board the campaign and donate.
He said: "As a child, on every Christmas Day I used to visit the children's wards at the Royal Hospital with my father, who was a hospital doctor. Generous donations will help those children who sadly have to be in hospital or in Acorns Hospice at Christmas. For employees of the Caparo companies and their families, this will be a particularly worrying and uncertain time of year. I wish the campaign every success."
MP for Dudley North, Ian Austin, said: "This is another great campaign by the Express & Star and another example of the brilliant work the paper does in our community.
"I'll be contributing to the Christmas toy appeal and I'm sure big-hearted Black Country folk will be getting behind the campaign too. Let's do all we can to make sure vulnerable and ill children don't miss out this Christmas."
Some toys that can be donated include DVDs, toy cars, plans and boats and vouchers among a host of other things. Go to expressandstar.com for a full list and more details.
Deputy editor of the Express & Star, Diane Davies, added: "We are delighted with the success of the appeal so far and thank our readers and businesses for their generosity.
"We want to help out as many children as possible so keep the donations coming to ensure no one misses out this Christmas time."
Drop-off bins have been set up at the Express & Star's offices in Wolverhampton and Storage King depots in Station Street in Walsall, Unit 8 Ionic Park in Birmingham New Road, Dudley and 133 Birmingham Road, West Bromwich.
Any queries call 01902 319483.
Donating toys to our appeal is easy. We have drop off points across the Black Country. These include:
WOLVERHAMPTON: Express & Star offices, 51-53 Queen Street, Wolverhampton,WV1 1ES
DUDLEY: Unit 8 Ionic Park, Birmingham New Road, Dudley, DY1 4SR
WEST BROMWICH: 133 Birmingham Road, West Bromwich, Birmingham, B71 4JZ
WALSALL: Station Street, Darlaston, Walsall, West Midlands, WS10 8BW
