Toys for Tots 2017: A Successful Holiday Season at the Stevinson Dealerships

We are so proud to have once again hosted seven dropoff locations in Colorado that accepted U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program donations! These toys will be distributed by the devoted men and women of the U.S. Marine Corps as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in our community. It feels wonderful to have been a part of this. A warm and gracious thank you to everyone that donated and helped to coordinate this effort. We couldn't have done it without the support of each and every one of you.

Starting in early November 2017, we rounded up our collection boxes from the Military Base in Aurora and proudly displayed them at each store. Now that the collection period has ended, we wanted to share with you how successful we were in gathering donations. You know what that means - more toys and more happy kids! 

 Here's what it looked like before we opened donations at Stevinson Chevrolet and after...

Before we opened donations at Stevinson Lexus of Frederick and after...

Before we opened donations at Stevinson Toyota West and after we already loaded up a van with most of the toys, there were still more ...


We didn't capture a photo of Stevinson Lexus of Lakewood's donation box, but we did get to snap a pic of all their festive outfits for their holiday party!

We weren't able to get as amazing of photos of donations at every store, but Stevinson Hyundai of Longmont, Stevinson Lexus of Lakewood, Stevinson Imports and Stevinson Toyota East were also instrumental and very successful in gathering donations from their surrounding communities. It was such a heartwarming experience to be able to set up our dealerships as donation centers. We're so grateful to everyone in the community who was able to participate and make this event as impactful as it was!


Left: Stevinson Imports    Right: Stevinson Toyota East



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