The 2024 Toy for Joy campaign has officially ended, but any donations received after the Christmas Eve deadline will be accepted.
Final figures for the 102nd year of the drive are not yet in, but the sponsoring Salvation Army, and the media outlets promoting and supporting the drive, again thank all those individuals, companies and organizations that answered the call to help deserving children of families in need.
The Springfield citadel of the Salvation Army served about 1,600 families and between 3,500 and 4,000 children. Citadels in Holyoke and Greenfield also served the area’s children from Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin counties…