DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - WAND's Spirit of Giving Toy Drive collected 7,642 toy donations Friday.
The number is on par with last year's number of around 7,800.
Donations were collected during the 12-hour event outside WAND's Decatur studios. Close
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Decatur Firefighters Local 505 was the first organization to make a monetary donation to the annual toy drive. President Jeremy Ruderman presented Macon County Toys for Tots with a check for $505.
A woman was the first to make a toy donation just a few minutes before 6 a.m.
The annual event, now in its 16th year, benefits the Decatur and Macon County Toys for Tots program.
The Macon County Sheriff's Office handed Toys for Tots a donation of over $3,000.
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