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Members of the Barnwell County Sheriff's Office hosted a toy drive on Dec. 16 outside of Walmart.
Barnwell County Career Center students help collect toys at Stuff the Bus.
Barnwell County Career Center students help collect toys at Stuff the Bus.
Barnwell County Career Center students help collect toys at Stuff the Bus.
Some of the donated toys fill the bus.
Santa came to the Stuff the Bus event. He's pictured with Lt. Eric Kirkland of the sheriff's office and David Augustine, director of the Barnwell County Career Center.
Career center students decorate the activity bus as Rudolph.
The Barnwell County Sheriff’s Office’s Stuff-The-Bus event was deemed a resounding success by organizers as Christmas gifts were brought to 205 children across the county.
Around 1,800 toys were collected and nearly $800 of monetary donations were given to the Christmas initiative on Dec. 16. Monetary donations went toward providing necessities to local families in need to ensure a safe and happy holiday season.
“It was an emotionally charged day for us because everyone of you that came out did so sharing your own reasons, which all summed up to helping those in need. On behalf of Sheriff Steve ‘Grits’ Griffith and the entire Barnwell County Sheriff’s Office, we want to humbly thank all of you,” states a post on the sheriff’s office’s Facebook page.
Lt. Eric Kirkland and BCSO deputies spent the days following the event distributing toys to families in Barnwell County.
Barnwell County Career Center marketing students decorated the bus before the community came out to stuff it with toys.
