A big thanks from Toys for Tots

Editors note: It’s not often we run a thank you letter in In & Around, but we made a rare exception for Toys for Tots since it’s such a worthy cause. So during this holiday season, we encourage you to do the same: take a little of your own entertainment fund and donate it to the charity of your choice. Because isn’t this season all about giving? Happy Holidays everyone.

A Sincere Community “THANK YOU” from Clore-English Funeral Home, local sponsor for Toys for Tots since 1999.
We would like to acknowledge the following individuals and businesses that made the 2008 Toys for Tots Campaign a meaningful success; a total of over 4,000 toys were collected and remained in Culpeper County.

For publicity provided, thank you to Channel 21, Culpeper County Chamber of Commerce, Culpeper News, Culpeper Renaissance, Inc., Culpeper Star Exponent, Culpeper Times/Citizen, Stellar One Bank, Virginia Living Television (VLTv) and WJMA/103.1FM.

For donating a place to sort and count all the toys, thank you to Peter and Karen Stogbuchner (the Hazel River Inn Restaurant) for the use of the Armory basement.

For providing a place for the food collected for the Culpeper Community Christmas Basket and the Toys for Tots toys, thank you to Ramon Serrato and George Washington Carver School.

For providing the boxes used at all collection sites, thank you to U.S. Greenfiber.

For wrapping the Food collection boxes, thank you to the Oak Shade United Methodist Ladies, Rixeyville, Virginia.

For wrapping the Toy collection boxes, thank you to the Antioch Baptist Church Youth Group, Culpeper, Virginia; Courtney Banks, Pat Banks, Sandra Banks, Teresa Barts, Brittany Brown, Veronica Gray, Brenda Hunter, Jasmine Hunter, Briauna McKoy and Jeremiah Moss

For providing the U-haul trucks for delivery and pick-up of all boxes collected, thank you to Ed Long and Best Buy Motors.

For manning the collection site during Culpeper’s Holiday Open House, thank you to Jo and Wayne English, Samantha Ramey and SSgt Larry Sanchez of U.S.M.C. Reserve.

For shopping for school supplies, thank you to Brandon, Jacob, Karen & Mark Settle.

For collecting toys from your neighborhood, thank you to Page and Jimmy Timberlake.

For helping to SORT, COUNT and LOAD all the toys, thank you to all the “Elves” with the 4-H Sheep Club, Community Club, and Northern Piedmont Youth Advisory Board; Culpeper, Virginia; Andy Anderson, J.T, Bailey, Kelly Bailey, Kristen Bailey, Tori Bailey, Bailey Bierhuizen, Jennifer Bierhuizen, Ryker Bierhuizen, Kaleigh Compton, Monica Chaffer, Makayla Gough, Melissa Gough, JoAnna Kilby, Emma Leppke, Shari Leppke, Zoë Leppke, Matthew Myers, Cristy Nibblins, Gabriel Perez, Maya Perez and Sarah Weaver.

Other “Elves”; Pat Aitken, Ciera Backe, Donna Chabot, Kendyl Coley, Lori Cropp, Jo English, Wayne English, Karen Frazier, Joyce Freitas, Paula Freitas, Katie Hitt, Erich Jenkins, C.J. Johnson, Carley Jones, Teresa Martin, Trey Martin, William Martin, Mike Miller, Terrie Miller, Ali Myers, David Myers, Samantha O’Connell, Jenn Pickering, Samantha Ramey, Diane Ray, Doug Ray, Marissa Ray, Zachary Ray, Betsy Sullivan and the Clore-English Funeral Home staff.
For volunteering to drop off and/or pick up toys at the collection sites; Brad Baldwin, Rani Baldwin, Ron Evans, C.J. Johnson, Doug Kyle, Connie Marks, Trey Martin, Gerald Newman, Doug Ray and the staff at Clore-English Funeral Home.

For being a toy or food collection site, thank you so very much to Aarons Sales and Lease Ownership, Ace Hardware, BB&T Bank, Bella Mia, Berry’s Tire & Auto, Best Buy Motors, Carter Bank & Trust, Century 21, Culpeper Chamber of Commerce, Clore-English Funeral Home, Coffeewood Adult Correction Center, Coffeewood Juvenile Correction Center, Comcast Cable, Country Café, Country Cookin’, Culpeper Cleaners, Culpeper Star Exponent, Culpeper News, Culpeper Citizen, Culpeper Health Care & Rehabilita-tion, Culpeper County High School, Culpeper Pharmacy, Culpeper United Methodist Church, Curves of Culpeper, Dollar General Meadowbrook, Dollar Tree Dominion Square, Donald B. Rice Tire, Fantastic Sams, Farm Credit and Country Mortgages Culpeper, Farm Credit and Country Mortgages Madison, Farm Credit and Country Mortgages Orange, Ferguson Enterprises, Inc., Food Lion Culpeper Town Mall, Food Lion Meadowbrook, Frost Café, Golds Gym, Hale’s Auto Service, H.O.P.E. at Culpeper Regional Hospital, J.C. Penny, K. & M. Rentals, Lane’s Appliances, Long & Foster, Maurice’s, Museum of Culpeper History, Northern Piedmont Federal Credit Union Culpeper, Northern Piedmont Federal Credit Union Warrenton, NorthRidge Apartments, Payne Pools & Spas Culpeper, Payne Pools & Spas Orange, Payne Pools & Spas Warrenton, Peppers Restaurant, Safeway, Stellar One Bank Main, Stellar One Bank Domin-ion Square, Stellar One Bank Southgate, Suntrust Bank, U.S. Greenfiber, United Stor-All, Virginia Community Bank, Virginia Department of Health, Wachovia Bank Downtown, Wachovia Bank North, Wacho-via Bank South, Wal-Mart Supercenter, Woodscape Apartments and Z’s New Look Salon.

For participating in the 2008 campaign; thank you to all church, civic, non-profit, individuals and businesses.

Last but certainly not least…. A huge thank you to the U.S.M.C. Reserve Toys for Tots Campaign for allowing the toys collected IN CULPEPER to REMAIN IN CULPEPER for the 10th year as part of the Culpeper Community Christmas Basket Program, ensuring a very Happy Holiday!