Conroe ISD Toy Drive Begins Monday, November 13
The Conroe ISD Police Department will be collecting items for the 22nd annual Children in Santa’s Dreams Toy Drive beginning Monday, November 13, through Friday, December 8 at 29 Conroe ISD campus locations.
Founded by the Police Activities League (PAL), this Christmas program is dedicated to less fortunate children in the Conroe Independent School District. Children in Santa’s Dreams provides gifts and stockings for our children enrolled in school and their siblings who may be too young to attend school. New, unwrapped toys will be collected for boys and girls of all ages. These gifts will be wrapped and given to families who, without support, may not otherwise have a wonderful Christmas.
Last year, Children in Santa’s Dreams provided gifts to 1,196 children in 551 families. Since 2002, the program has helped make 15,000 children’s Christmas a little merrier with gifts and stockings.
See the list below, by feeder, which schools in your area will be collecting toys:
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Caney Creek |
Conroe |
Oak Ridge |
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East Transportation Center |
Administration |
Ford Elementary |
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Hope Elementary |
Anderson Elementary |
Irons Junior High |
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Moorhead Junior High |
Bozman Intermediate |
Oak Ridge Elementary |
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Conroe Transportation Center |
Oak Ridge Transportation Center |
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Gordon-Reed Elementary |
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Reaves Elementary |
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Runyan Elementary |
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Stewart Elementary |
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Travis Intermediate |
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Washington High School |
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College Park |
Grand Oaks |
The Woodlands |
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Hailey Elementary |
Clark Intermediate |
Deretchin Elementary |
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Lamar Elementary |
Cox Intermediate |
Galatas Elementary |
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Ride Elementary |
Hines Elementary |
Glen Loch Elementary |
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Woodlands Transportation |
McCullough Junior High |
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Mitchell Intermediate |
How it Works
Citizens, service organizations, and youth organizations are invited to participate by donating new, unwrapped gifts and/or by attending an annual wrapping party where all donated toys and gifts are organized by age and gender. Each volunteer receives a family identified only by a number. The volunteer is asked to pick out gifts for each child listed and wrap the gifts selected. The number of gifts each child receives is determined by the amount of donations and number of students referred by the program. In past years, 1-3 gifts per child have been given, with the addition of one game per family.
For more information, contact Lieutenant Julie M. Thompson at 936-709-8921 or jmthompson@conroeisd.net.
Source: Conroe ISD
