{"id":403452,"date":"2025-11-25T11:11:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/403452\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T11:11:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:11:09","slug":"annual-toy-drive-for-the-holiday-season-is-underway-at-ut-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/403452\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual toy drive for the holiday season is underway at UT San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UT San Antonio is partnering with the nonprofit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toysfortots.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toys for Tots<\/a> organization to collect toys for children in need during the holiday season. The Public Safety office announced it is once again providing drop-off locations across the campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year, we look for ways to give back and make a difference in our community,\u201d said\u00a0Sgt. <strong>Eric Weber<\/strong>. \u201cPartnering with Toys for Tots is something we\u2019re particularly proud of, as it gives us the opportunity to bring smiles to local children and families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Roadrunner community is invited to participate by donating new, unwrapped toys through Dec. 3.<\/p>\n<p>Weber said all kinds of toys are welcome, big or small, and they\u2019ve already collected everything from board games to basketballs, and a few plush Squishmallow toys.<\/p>\n<p>Drop-off boxes are located in these locations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Main Campus, Bosque Street Building, Police Department lobby<\/li>\n<li>Main Campus, Student Union Room 1.00.40, Community Engagement Office<\/li>\n<li>Downtown Campus, Frio Street Building Room 1.02.28, Public Safety Office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI hope everyone at the university will join us in spreading holiday cheer and helping make this season brighter for those who need it most.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founded more than 75 years ago, Toys for Tots works with community members, organizations and partners throughout San Antonio every year to deliver millions of gifts to children in need.<\/p>\n<p>Weber said he supports the organization because he believes every child deserves to experience the joy of the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA simple gift can make a meaningful difference, and donating is a way for me to give back and help brighten the season for families in our community,\u201d he said. \u201cWhile those who donated don\u2019t actually get to see the child receiving the gift, it\u2019s the knowledge that we were able to brighten someone\u2019s Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UT San Antonio is partnering with the nonprofit Toys for Tots organization to collect toys for children in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":403453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,168839,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-403452","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-local-impact","10":"tag-san-antonio","11":"tag-sanantonio","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-united-states-of-america","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","18":"tag-us","19":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115610038032728533","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}