IN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS.
IT IS A BUSY PLACE.
ERIN: IT IS A BUSY PLACE COME AND LOOK AT THIS, THE DONATIONS OF A NUMBER OF BIKES.
HOW COOL IS THAT UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
WE HAVE SURPASSED 1000 TOYS ALREADY THIS NOON.
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF BIG DONATIONS.
ONE OF THE FIRST BIG DONATIONS WE HAD WAS A TRUCK.
THE SAME OF POLICE DROVE A TRUCK FROM THERE DEPARTMENT, COLLECTING TOYS FOR TOYS FOR TOTS FOR SOME TIME AND THEY SAID THE LOT WAS JAMPACKED FULL OF TOYS.
SOME PEOPLE GIVING DONATIONS OF MONEY THAT PERCEIVED CHOICE THE PAST WHEN THEY WERE KIDS -- RECEIVED TOYS IN THE PAST WHENEVER KIDS FROM TOYS FOR TOTS.
BALANCE FURNITURE MAKING A BIG DONATION, COMING WITH A BIG TRUCK FULL OF BIKES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT SHOWED APPEARED TODAY HAVE BEEN COLLECTING TOYS IN THEIR HOUSE INCLUDING ONE WOMAN FROM EPSOM WHO SHOWED UP WITH A CART FULL OF TOYS.
TODAY IS HER FAVORITE DAY.
>> I COME BECAUSE IT SETS MY DAY OUT RIGHT.
I HAVE A WONDERFUL FEELING THE REST OF THE DAY.
I WANT TO GET DOWN ON THE FLOOR WITH SOME OF THE KIDS PLAY WITH THE TRUCKS.
I KNOW THEY ARE GOING TO ENJOY THEM.
ERIN: ALLISON SHOWS UP BEFORE THE CRACK OF GONE EVERY YEAR.
SHE LOOKS FORWARD TO IT.
WHEN SHE STARTS DOING THE SHOPPING?
THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, OF COURSE.
SHE IS OUT HERE WITH CHOICE SHE WILL DONATE NEXT YEAR -- TOYS SHE WILL DONATE NEXT YEAR FOR TOYS FOR TOTS.
WE WILL BE COLLECTED AT THE WALMART IN MANCHESTER THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
AND IN NEWINGTON, THAT IS WHERE WE FIND MY FRIEND HAYLEY LAPOINT.
HOW ARE THINGS GOING OUT THERE RIGHT NOW?
HAYLEY: HI, ERIN.
THINGS ARE GOING GREAT.
WE HAVE HAD SO MANY HOPE WILL -- SO MANY PEOPLE STOPPING BY THE LOCATION.
IT IS ACTUALLY SUPER EASY, IF YOU GRAB A 20 AND YOU ARE OUT SHOPPING, YOU CAN DRIVE IT OUT THE WINDOW.
WE HAVE PEOPLE DRIVING AND DROPPING THEM OFF AND YOU CAN PICK THAN UP FROM YOUR CAR.
YOU SEE PARENTS WITH THEIR KIDS COMING BY.
WE CERTAINLY NEED MUCH MORE.
WE HAVE GOT A REALLY BIG DONATION FROM THE SERVICE CREDIT UNION, AND I WANT TO BRING IN A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THAT.
HI, WENDY.
THANKS FOR COMING IN.
GREAT WAY TO DONATE ACROSS THE STATE.
MAYBE YOU DON’T LIVE NEAR US.
YOU CAN HELP PEOPLE DONATING ACROSS THE STATE.
>> WEEKEND.
WE HAVE 35 BRANCHES ACROSS THE STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.
WE GO AS FAR NORTH AS BERLIN, WE HAVE SEVERAL LOCATIONS ON THE SEACOAST AND ALL THE WAY DOWN SOUTH TO NASHUA.
16 OF OUR BRANCHES ARE LOCATED WITHIN WALMART STORES.
IT IS EASY TO GET IN THERE AND BUY A TOY AND DROP IT OFF AT OUR BRANCH.
WE WOULD LOVE TO REACH OUR GOAL OF 3000 TOYS THIS YEAR.
WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP GETTING TOYS TO CHILDREN WHO NEED THEM.
HAYLEY: WE ARE HEARING THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME REALLY BIG DONATIONS ALREADY.
WE HAVE A TRUCK FULL THAT IS BEING UNLOADED BEHIND US HERE, ALL FROM ONE OF THE BRANCHES.
>> FROM SEVERAL OF THE BRANCHES.
WE HAVE SOME THAT GET A LOT OF DONATIONS FROM OUR MEMBERS.
YESTERDAY I WAS AT THE PORTSMOUTH BRANCH WHERE HE HAD A FAMILY COME IN AND MAKE A DONATION.
IT WAS REALLY HEARTWARMING TO SEE A CHILD SO EXCITED ABOUT GIVING TOY AND OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR MEMBERS REALLY LIVE THE CREDIT UNION MISSION OF HELPING PEOPLE.
HAYLEY: THANK YOU, WENDY.
YOU CAN HELP OUT HERE.
WE WILL BE HERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY