Volunteer spotlight: Support for Toys for Tots keeps coming, even in the pandemic economy
Modified: 12/19/2020 10:03:23 PM
At first, Steve Smith was a little worried about the impact the COVID-19 pandemic would have on his radio station’s annual Toys for Tots toy drive.
“I had no idea what to expect,” said Smith, general manager at WCNL Country in Newport, citing the downturn in the economy and more people being out of work.
At the end of the three-day drive, which took place in early December, people had donated 1,132 toys and $5,900 in cash.
“People you wouldn’t expect to hand over $100 bills would just walk up and say, ‘Here you go,’ ” Smith recalled. “When things get down, people step up, and that’s one of the things I like so much about the Newport area: that essence of kinship and community is incredible.”