{"id":43536,"date":"2024-11-25T12:14:07","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T17:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=43536"},"modified":"2024-11-25T12:28:13","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T17:28:13","slug":"natural-resources-police-toy-drive-underway-for-2024-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2024\/11\/25\/natural-resources-police-toy-drive-underway-for-2024-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Resources Police Toy Drive Underway for 2024 Holiday Season"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Donations

Donations for NRP’s annual toy drive will be accepted at seven Maryland Walmart retail locations and online through an Amazon gift registry.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) is conducting its annual \u201cBoatload of Toys\u201d holiday gift drive at several locations across the state in advance of the 2024 holiday season. NRP officers are collecting donations of new, unopened toys for local children in need. The program is part of the national United States Marine Toys for Tots<\/a> initiative.<\/p>\n

Members of NRP\u2019s volunteer Reserve Officer program and staff will collect the toys at drop-off locations listed below. NRP\u2019s online gift registry is back for 2024, allowing Marylanders the opportunity to donate a toy online via its Amazon Toys for Tots Registry<\/a>. Donations can be easily added to an Amazon cart, choosing the \u201cNRP Safety Education Unit\u201d gift registry address that is listed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Natural Resources Police is excited to make an impact with the local community this holiday season,\u201d NRP Superintendent Orlando Lilly said. \u201cBetween gathering toys in locations around Maryland, collecting monetary donations, and interfacing with those we serve, we value this effort highly. This time of the year can be difficult for certain families and it\u2019s important they feel the holiday love from us.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2023, NRP collected 1,353 toys and raised $557 in donations.<\/p>\n

NRP\u2019s Boatload of Toys staff will accept donations of new, unwrapped toys at the following locations this year (updates will be made if locations are added):<\/p>\n

December 1, 2024<\/strong>
\nPasadena Walmart<\/em>
\n8107 Gov. Ritchie Highway
\nPasadena
\nNoon \u2013 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

December 7, 2024<\/strong>
\nDenton Walmart <\/em>
\n610 Legion Road
\nDenton
\nNoon \u2013 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

December 7, 2024<\/strong>
\nHagerstown Walmart<\/em>
\n17850 Garland Groh Blvd.
\nHagerstown
\nNoon \u2013 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

December 8, 2024<\/strong>
\nLaVale Walmart<\/em>
\n12500 Country Club Mall Road
\nLaVale
\nNoon \u2013 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

December 8, 2024<\/strong>
\nBerlin Walmart<\/em>
\n11416 Ocean Gateway
\nBerlin
\nNoon \u2013 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

December 8, 2024<\/strong>
\nCockeysville Walmart<\/em>
\n1 Frankel Way
\nCockeysville
\nNoon \u2013 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

December 14, 2024<\/strong>
\nSykesville Walmart<\/em>
\n6400A Ridge Road
\nSykesville
\nNoon \u2013 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Additional donation points are expected to be announced. Updates will be made to this list as locations are added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) is conducting its annual \u201cBoatload of Toys\u201d holiday gift drive at several locations across the state in advance of the 2024 holiday season. NRP officers are collecting donations of new, unopened toys for local children in need. The program is part of the national United States Marine Toys for  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":253,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,14],"tags":[5126,4975,5211,5543],"class_list":["post-43536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-nrp-news","tag-boatload-of-toys","tag-maryland-natural-resources-police","tag-nrp","tag-toys-for-tots"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43536"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43544,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43536\/revisions\/43544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}