The ninth annual Donald Davis Memorial Toy Drive was again successful for the holiday season and the co-chairman, Patti Burwell of Spring Dale, noted, “It was heartwarming to witness the outpouring of support the drive has received once again.”
The distribution of toys delivered to five different schools in the western and southern Greenbrier County and eastern Fayette County and two shelters in western Greenbrier and eastern Fayette County, she reported.
In addition to the toys, new gloves, toboggans, earbuds, winter coats and other winter weather necessities were distributed with the help of the Greenbrier Valley Council 8689 Knights of Columbus, several churches throughout the Greenbrier and Meadow River Valleys.
“We gave backpacks, toys, games and stuffed animals in addition to the winter gear. Donald was a native of the western Greenbrier area who went to Washington, DC, for employment, but returned each year at Christmas time with a truck load of toys for distribution to the children in the western Greenbrier and eastern Fayette County area.
“Cousins and friends have continued this since his untimely death ten years ago,” Mrs. Burwell added.
