Children from families in need were the big winners Saturday when hundreds of unwrapped toys were collected during the Westmoreland County Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots’ annual mini-railcar caravan at stops in Mt. Pleasant, Scottdale, Tarrs, Ruffs Dale, Hunker, Youngwood and Hempfield. Among the hundreds who donated toys where
Railcar operators were overwhelmed with the amount of support last year for their annual Toys for Tots collection along the Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad line. Organizer John Gonder said just four railcars participated in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic wore on but the amount of donations only grew. “We had so