Toys for Tots

The Hannibal Jaycees held Rock for Tot’s this fall and raised $453.97 and with outside donations made personally by members were able to present a check for $550.00.

Santa Claus is making his annual trek to Quincy Mall this weekend...and he's doing it in style (with a little help from the Quincy Fire Department).

It’s a Christmas in July Bowl-a-Thon at Tangerine Bowl in Quincy this Sunday for Toys-for-Tots. More teams are needed with two sessions, a 2 pm session for families, and 5 pm session for people 16 and older.

Quincy Mall is preparing for a busy November to kick off the holidays. With the arrival of Santa Claus, Toys for Tots, firetruck rides, and Black Friday specials, there's a lot going on at the mall.

The date for the Toys for Tots fundraising event, A September to Remember, is Friday, September 18 at the Quincy Senior Center, 639 York Street.

There is a full calendar of events this weekend in northeast Missouri and western Illinois.

The Tri-State Lugnuts Cruise-In Night at the Quincy Mall will be held on Saturday, June 14. It will be drive-in movie night with the movie 'Snake & Mongoose' being shown. There will be activities for the whole family beginning at 6:30 in the front of the Quincy Mall near Sears.  All proceeds will be going to Toys for Tots.

Toys for Tots was founded in 1947, and has gone on to become one of the most well-respected holiday charities in the nation. Toys for Tots has given away millions of toys to millions of children in need. In 2013, several places in Hannibal are drop-off locations for the popular toy drive.

We are in full giving mode, and many charitable organizations helping the needy. It is what Christmas is all about.

Toys for Tots program local coordinator Steve Lindsey and Marine Corp Sgt. Jonathan Schulte were recent guests of the Quincy Exchange Club.  According to Mr. Lindsey, a retired USMC veteran, the Toys for Tots program got its start in Los Angeles in 1947 when a Marine Corps Major’s wife made a Raggedy Ann Doll and she asked her husband to give it to someone but there wasn’t anyone to give it to. Fr