{"id":46255,"date":"2025-11-24T14:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=46255"},"modified":"2025-11-24T14:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T19:45:11","slug":"natural-resources-police-toy-drive-underway-for-2025-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2025\/11\/24\/natural-resources-police-toy-drive-underway-for-2025-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Resources Police Toy Drive Underway for 2025 Holiday Season"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Donations

Donations for NRP\u2019s annual toy drive will be accepted at five 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 2025 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 initiative.<\/span><\/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 2025, allowing Marylanders the opportunity to donate a toy online via its <\/span>Amazon Toys for Tots Registry<\/span><\/a>. Donations can be easily added to an Amazon cart, choosing the \u201cNRP Safety Education Unit\u201d gift registry address that is listed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Natural Resources Police is proud to bring back a yearly tradition in our Boatload of Toys gift drive this holiday season,\u201d NRP Superintendent Col. Orlando D. Lilly said. \u201cWe look forward to spending time with our community members, seeing familiar faces, and giving back while we gather toys for local children to make their holidays memorable. We\u2019ve built upon the foundation and have steadily grown this campaign every year and we\u2019re looking forward to this season being our best yet.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2024, NRP collected 1,935 toys and raised $690 in donations.<\/span><\/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):<\/span><\/p>\n

November 30, 2025<\/strong>
\nFallston Walmart<\/em>
\n303 Fallston Blvd.
\nFallston
\nNoon \u2013 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

December 6, 2025<\/strong>
\nHagerstown Walmart<\/em>
\n17850 Garland Groh Blvd.
\nHagerstown
\nNoon \u2013 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

December 6, 2026<\/strong>
\nBerlin Walmart<\/em>
\n11416 Ocean Gateway
\nBerlin
\nNoon \u2013 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

December 7, 2025<\/strong>
\nLaVale Walmart<\/em>
\n12500 Country Club Mall Road
\nLaVale
\nNoon \u2013 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

December 7, 2025<\/strong>
\nDenton Walmart<\/em>
\n610 Legion Road
\nDenton
\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.<\/span><\/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 2025 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":262,"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":[5126,4975,5211,5236,5543],"class_list":["post-46255","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-police","tag-toys-for-tots"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46255","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\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46255"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46260,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46255\/revisions\/46260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}