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Union County toy coordinator: volunteer capacity limited; Christmas Bureau handles distribution of thousands of gifts
Summary
A local coordinator said the county relies on the Christmas Bureau to distribute holiday toys after a prior distributor withdrew; the program has delivered up to about 19,000 toys in a year and keeps 60–70 collection boxes on hand.
The local coordinator for Union County's holiday toy distribution said the program relies on the Christmas Bureau to package and deliver toys to families after a previous distributor withdrew.
"The most we've gotten in any 1 year has been a little over 19,000 toys for the the kids of the county," the local coordinator said. The coordinator said the first year the local effort resulted in about 3,000 toys.
The coordinator told meeting participants that Gloria Haney contacted the program in February asking it to provide toys after the prior distributor "was no longer gonna do it." To manage distribution, the coordinator said the county is divided into three sections with volunteers who "go and fill them up, pick up the boxes, and bring them back to the Christmas Bureau." The coordinator said they try to keep "at least 60 or 70 boxes at the house" to supply partners on request.
On volunteer capacity, the coordinator said that if their group tried to deliver toys directly to individual households, it would require "at least 25 or 30 people to do it," and added, "We don't have the manpower to do it. By going through the Christmas Bureau, we can supply them with the toys, and they can handle it and get it done to get toys out." The coordinator also said sign-ups for boxes typically begin in July or sometimes earlier.
Discussion only: the remarks described current logistics, past distribution totals, volunteer limits and the program's reliance on the Christmas Bureau; no motions or formal actions were recorded.
Details that were not specified in the remarks include a formal program name, funding sources, exact distribution dates for the coming season and contact information for signing up for boxes.
