Originally published on VailDaily.

GYPSUM COLORADO —

Rebecca Kaspar of the Gypsum Stor-N-Lock Self Storage really can’t abide the thought that there are local children who won’t find a special gift waiting on Christmas morning.

For the past five years, she has done something about it.

Back in 2014, Kasper reached out to the staff of Eagle County Child Services to help facilitate her gift-giving goal. That’s how a program called Christmas Toys for Girls and Boys was born. Since that time, festively decorated collection boxes have become a familiar sight at local businesses and hundreds of local kids have had a Merry Christmas even when their families were experiencing hard times.

Every year, Kaspar has found more businesses willing to put out Christmas Toys for Girls and Boys collection boxes. For 2019, drop-off points include:

• Stor-N-Lock Self Storage
• Alpine Bank (all Eagle County Valley locations)
• The Everything Store
• Yetis
• Gypsum Recreation Center
• Werks Auto
• Endorphin
• TCC Contractors
• Eagle Climbing and Fitness
• Fusion Hair
• Habitat for Humanity
• Color Coffee
• Eagle County Human Services
• Avon Recreation Center
• Vail Brewing Company (Eagle-Vail and Vail locations)
• RA Nelson & Associates
• Edward Jones (Eagle and Gypsum)
• Calvary Church
• Pinecones
• Edwards Field House

The deadline for this year’s donations was 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, and program organizers were able to match donations with local kids. All donations of new, unwrapped presents were welcomed. To learn more about the program, link through the [Stor-N-Lock webpage.

THUMBNAIL: Stor-N-Lock Webpage