Toy Mountain @ Garden Square.

Making A Child's Christmas

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Toy Mountain

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By Bret Sheppard

What is more precious, than a young child on Christmas morning opening up that delightful toy from Santa?  The eyes light up bigger than the moon, and the vivid smile that glows brighter than the Christmas lights to treasure a moment that lasts a lifetime.  Sadly, for many children in Peel Region, that hope is dashed due to the struggles for several families endeavouring to make ends meet.  



That is where Tom Brown from CTV News Toronto and Weather man and The Salvation Army come in to help alleviate the situation by making a child’s dream come true by building a Toy Mountain.

The goal of Toy Mountain is that every child should wake up Christmas morning with a new toy under the tree regardless of their financial circumstances.  What is Christmas without the great joy of a child with a toy? 

Toy Mountain is into its 22nd year, and Tom Brown has been instrumental in spearheading the cause with CTV for several years, to help children’s wishes at Christmas come true.  People bring unwrapped toys to help build and fulfill the dreams of children all through the GTA at various locations.  

The goal this year is raise 150,000 toys, and after last night the total so far is 22,540, just into the first week of the drive.  The Toy Mountain Drive ends December 20^th.  When this paper is issued, there is still time to drop of a toy.

On November 28, 2017, Tom Brown, CTV News Toronto brought Toy Mountain to Garden Square in Brampton, to an enthusiastic, and goodhearted toy givers from Brampton.  Along with Neil Leduke from the Salvation Army, several families, local sports groups, and a host of dignitaries which included Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, Canadian Horseracing legend Sandy Hawley, plus City of Brampton councilors contributed enormously to the spirit of the event. 

The simulcast took place between 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm during the CTV News Toronto broadcast.  Many people attended and Tom Brown mentioned on air, that a return to Brampton next year is a possibility from the eagerness Bramptonians displayed throughout the show. 

The children choir from St. Mary’s Elementary School in Brampton bearing toys and providing their festive voices, singing an arrangement of Christmas favourites.  

A cheque from Woodbine cares was donated with the help from Sandy Hawley, and The Salvation Army provided hot chocolate to all that attended to warm all the warm-hearted folks who needed a little liquid refreshment.

The end result from this evening’s Toy Mountain broadcast,  is that there will be many, many more delightful children will wake up Christmas morning with a gleaming smile a mile wide, to discover that precious toy waiting for them under the tree, and  to know that yes,  “Santa Claus came to my house”.

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Please drop off an unwrapped toy at any Toy Mountain locations.  It will make you feel oh so good inside, melt your heart and at the same time,  make a child tremendously happy.  A link to CTV and Toy Mountain web site is below to find the several locations to drop off a toy.

http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/more/toy-mountain

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Merry Christmas from Bret Sheppard

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