The Westport Police Department Local Union #2080 and Police Benevolent Association will be  hosting their annual Holiday Toy Drive, which provides toys for underprivileged children throughout Fairfield County and beyond.  The program has been extremely successful in the past,  allowing for thousands of toys to be distributed to children who otherwise would have none.

In addition to our regularly sponsored agencies, this year will be our third year collaborating with  “Newtown Kindness,” an organization whose mission is “to promote kindness as a guiding principle of humanity.”  We are honored to work toward such a mission with Newtown Kindness.

We ask for your continued support and generosity to help make this year’s drive as successful as in the past.  By doing so, you will bring joy to so many children who often have none. Westport Police Officers will accept new, unopened, and unwrapped toys, as well as cash donations, in the parking lot of The Athletic Shoe Factory, located at 1560 Post Road East, Westport on the  following Saturdays and Sundays: December 5, 6, 12, and 13 between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM.

In the case of inclement weather, please call the Westport Police Department at 203-341-6000 or  check with the local news services.  Should the weather not allow a trip to the Athletic Shoe Factory on any one of those days, the donations may be brought to the department as soon as conditions

Collection boxes will be set up at the Westport Police Department, 50 Jesup Road and Westport Town Hall, 110 Myrtle Avenue beginning Friday, December 4 through Sunday, December 13.

***In order to allow for the proper and timely delivery of the donations, the deadline for all donations is Sunday, December 13 at 5:00 PM.