Skagit Transit and Toys For Tots: Partnering up to bring smiles to even more children this Christmas

We’ve enjoyed working with Skagit Transit on a wide variety of projects for a number of years now. Over the years, we’ve designed an updated Skagit Transit logo, created a TV ad showcasing several Skagit Transit riders sharing why they enjoy the “Everett Express,” Skagit Transit’s daily commuter service between Skagit County and Everett, and we regularly produce the Skagit Transit Times, the agency’s quarterly newsletter, among other things.

But this quarter has brought a different project to the table. This winter, Skagit Transit is partnering with Toys for Tots in Skagit County to challenge the community to help collect even more toys this year for local families in need.

As a way to help motivate local community members to get involved in this year’s toy drive, Skagit Transit has parked one of their Vanpool vans inside the Cascade Mall in Burlington (thanks Cascade Mall!), smack dab in the middle of one of the mall’s courtyards. By December 25, the hope is that the van will be packed to the brim with new, unwrapped donated toys for youth aged 18 years and younger.

If you’re in the area, or just driving through Skagit County, swing in and check it out (and drop off a toy or two). We’ll be there this Saturday and Sunday, from 11:00 to 2:00, in front of the mall’s eastern entrance (on the opposite side of the mall from I-5). In order to make it even easier to swing in and drop off donations, volunteers will be on hand to collect donations from cars as they pull up and drop off donations. Skagit Transit will have one of their 29 foot long buses parked near the mall’s entrance where this will be taking place, just to make sure no one misses us.

It’s been great to see Skagit Transit align itself with an organization that shares so many of the agency’s core values. This partnership truly reflects the goodwill Skagit Transit offers to local residents. With any luck, this year will start a tradition between Skagit Transit and Toys For Tots for many years to come.

~ by rpemberton on December 6, 2007.