The 79th annual Mac’s Toy Fund party is just days away. And your help is needed to help ensure that the day is a special one for the hundreds of children who will attend.

Monetary donations, as well as gifts of used toys and bicycles and coats, are still being taken.

Shady Spring Middle and High School cheerleaders are collecting coats through Wednesday. Drop-off locations are Chateau Interiors in Beckley; Kroger at Beaver, Harper Road and Beckley Crossing; CVS in Beaver; Walgreens in Beaver; Big Lots in Beckley; Chick-fil-A at Beckley Galleria; Family Coin Laundry; Raleigh General Hospital; The Register-Herald; Starbucks; and all Shady Spring schools.

Used bikes, including broken ones, are being accepted at Beckley Fire Station No. 3 on Eisenhower Drive and behind the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center through Friday.

A need for used toys still exists and they can be dropped off at The Register-Herald, 801 N. Kanawha St.; BJW Printing, 3100 Robert C. Byrd Drive; and the Beckley Sam’s Club at the Cranberry Creek Shopping Center.

Following are the most recent donors to this year’s campaign:

Appalachian Fasteners and Supply of Beckley, $1,000

Norman and Rebecca Walker of Ghent, $200

William and Lynda Eades of Beckley, $100

Roberta Profitt of Beckley, in memory of Lenox Profitt, $25

Simpkins and Associates of Beckley, $50

New Hope Baptist Church of Beckley, $100

Bank of Mount Hope, $100

JC and Sharon Barber of Beckley, in honor of Garnet Barber, $100

Mary Meadows of Beckley, $25

Eileen Rahall of Beckley, in loving memory of my darling son Jeffrey and husband Mike, $25

For the boys and girls in memory of Wilfred H. Smith, $100

Joe and Jenni Canterbury of Beckley, $30

John and Mary Hartsog of Beckley, $50

Sally McGinnis Bible Class of United Methodist Temple, $25

Duane and Carol Ann Sellards of Beckley, $100

William and Daisy Donald of Beckley, $50

Dr. and Mrs. Robert Gardner of Beckley, in honor of their five grandchildren, $50

Teresa and Kenneth Thompson of Beckley, $50

Anonymous, $25

The Greenes of Stanaford, $25

New Era Baptist Church of Stanaford, $50

Helen Brooks of Beckley, $50

Owen and Brenda Meadows of Daniels, $100

Lee and Linda Hart family of Beckley, in honor of the Lord Jesus Christ, $50

John and Edith Adkins of Mount Hope, $30

Edward and Barbara Rose, in memory of Chloe She Rose Keffer, $200

Frankie Bragg Gowman of Ghent, in loving memory of beloved son Michael L. Bragg and Harold Lee Hancock, $30

Anonymous, $50

Merry Christmas from the original Glade Springs Bunco Babes, $85



Today’s total: $2,875

Total to date: $19,525.62



Donations will be accepted through the end of the year at:

Mac’s Toy Fund

P.O. Box 2398

Beckley, WV 25801