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CTV Barrie | Toy Mountain

HELP US BUILD A MOUNTAIN OF TOYS

It's time to build a mountain of toys for the holidays!

Your donation to Toy Mountain will help more than 3,000 children, teens and their families build a mountain of memories.

CTV Barrie, Pure Country 106, BOUNCE 104.1 and Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions have partnered for the annual campaign, and invite viewers and listeners to drop off any new, unwrapped toy or gift card at local drop off centers.

Donations will be distributed by Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions in time to make Christmas morning a little brighter for local families in need.

With the need greater than ever, help us build up a Toy Mountain from Nov. 25 to Dec. 20, and know everything you give will bring smiles to children and teens who could really use your support.

Let's make this a holiday season to remember.

PARTICIPATING DROP OFF LOCATIONS

BARRIE

91 Anne St. South

62 Caplan Avenue

30 Miller Drive

100 Saunders Road

ALLISTON

8011 Highway 89 West

ORILLIA

92 Barrie Road

WASAGA BEACH

2315 Fairgrounds Road

MIDLAND

729 Balm Beach Rd E.

679 Prospect Blvd

9303 County Road 93, Hugel Avenue, Midland

472 Bayfield Street, Barrie

374 Huronia Rd, Barrie

1677 Winhara Road, Gravenhurst

DROP OFF DONATIONS DURING THESE LIVE BROADCASTS

ACCESS STORAGE

November 25

4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

62 Caplan Ave., Barrie

CANADIAN TIRE MIDLAND

December 2

4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

9303 CR 93, Hugel Avenue

CANADIAN TIRE INNISFIL

December 6

3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

1455 Innisfil Beach Road

ZEHRS

December 9

4 p.m. - 7 p.m.

427 Bayfield Street, Barrie

WALMART

December 13

11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

545 Holland St W, Bradford

CANADIAN TIRE BRADFORD

December 13

3 p.m. to 7 p.m.

430 Holland St. West

THE PEGGY HILL TEAM

December 16

4 p.m. - 7 p.m.

374 Huronia Road, Barrie

TOY MOUNTAIN PHOTO GALLERY

TOY MOUNTAIN 2024

The Toy Mountain campaign's first donations from Janet and Bob Elford.

CTV's Dana Roberts interviews Janet Elford after she made the campaign's first donation of the year.

John and Linda donate every year and brought a whole bunch of toys and gifts. Their friends and family participated as well by bringing donations to their holiday party.

CTV News, Pure Country 106 and BOUNCE 104.1 at Access Storage in Barrie for the 2024 Toy Mountain live location kick-off.

Live from Canadian Tire in Midland.

This is the very generous Rose Hofland, who supports the Toy Mountain campaign each year. She estimates she has donated to the last five campaigns.

Patrick, Alisha and Christina of Barrie RunNinjas dropped by with a donation for Toy Mountain.

Jack and Madge Twolan donate to Toy Mountain.

Lisa Williams from Barrie make a Toy Mountain donation.

LEGO made a significant donation to this year's Toy Mountain campaign.

Glenn dropped by with a donation for Toy Mountain, including a bubble gun, Reebok bag and a travel suitcase valued at $250.

Reliance Home Comfort dropped by the CTV News station at 33 Beacon Road in Barrie with hundreds of toys for Toy Mountain.

CTV's Dana Roberts interviews South Simcoe Police Chief John Van Dyke with cameraman Dave Erskine during the Canadian Tire live event for Toy Mountain in Bradford.

CTV's Dana Roberts joins South Simcoe police officers at the Canadian Tire in Bradford for a Toy Drive in support of Toy Mountain.

CTV weather specialist KC Colby is live at Canadian Tire in Bradford for the Toy Mountain campaign.

The Barrie Peacekeepers stop by CTV News in Barrie with a massive toy donation!

South Simcoe Police help to build up a mountain of toys for hundreds of families this holiday season.

CTV's Sarah Freemark helps Joan and Jan of the Army Navy Airforce with their massive toy donation!

The Convoy International Secondary Academy of Essa dropped off a massive toy donation.

Rod Alberico from Barrie donated a bag full of knitted hats done by his wife and daughter.

Claudia dropped off a bunch of toys from Orillia OPP.

Live from Canadian Tire in Midland.

TOY MOUNTAIN 2023

Stephen Wice donated a bag of toys with his nana by his side to help CTV build a mountain of toys for local children.

A massive toy donation was dropped off at CTV Barrie at 33 Beacon Road by an anonymous donor. Huge thanks from all of us. These toys will help provide a wonderful holiday for local children.

PetSmart Bayfield Street manager Nicole Townes and customer service representative Lisa Ennis drop off 400 stuffed animals for pets and children for CTV's Toy Mountain.

OPP Aurora Highway Safety Division constables Nicki Morris and Mohammad Kaddourah drop off dozens of donations to support CTV Toy Mountain on Dec. 4, 2023. They hosted a ‘Stuff A Cruiser’ event held at Mapleview Drive Walmart in Barrie on Dec. 2.

TOY MOUNTAIN 2022

Another van full of gifts is on its way to the warehouse at Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions to be sorted and packaged for delivery. Thank you for your generosity this holiday season.

CTV producer Tracy McReynolds has worked tirelessly on the Toy Mountain campaign. This could be one of the last van loads to leave the station. In all, 20 full van loads have gone to the Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions warehouse.

Veronica Youla from Canadian Blood Services dropped by CTV Barrie with toys and cash donated by staff for Toy Mountain. Thanks to all.

Thanks to the players, coaches and parents with Barrie Colts U13 RS for their great donation to Toy Mountain.

CTV's Dana Roberts, cameraman Dave Erskine, producer Tracy McReynolds, broadcast live from the CTV Barrie Toy Mountain Drive-Thru Drop-off at Park Place in Barrie as we make a final push for donations.

This year, the Barrie Firefighters Community Project, which always donates to the campaign, brought forth a cheque for $1,500, along with new, unwrapped toys for kids and teens this holiday season.

Volunteers with Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions worked the CTV Barrie Toy Mountain drive-thru drop-off on Thursday evening as the snow fell at Park Place.

CTV Producer Tracy McReynolds, cameraman Dave Erskine, and reporter/anchor Dana Roberts broadcast live from Park Place for CTV Barrie's Toy Mountain Drive-Thru Drop-Off on Dec. 15.

Family Connexions volunteer Jen finishes loading up one of two more van loads of toys.

These full vans are now in the way to the Family Connexions warehouse.

Jessica Beckett and Becca McFarland from Barriston Law in Barrie just surprised us with a big donation for Toy Mountain. Thanks to everyone at Barriston for their support.

Bhoomi Gandhi of Pinchin just dropped by with a CTV Toy Mountain donation. Thank you to everyone at Pinchin.

Laura Jackson from Kubota North came by the station with grandsons, Kellen, 12, and Ethan, 10, with all the toys donated in Muskoka for CTV’s Toy Mountain.

It took several trips to unload all the toys into our lobby.

The boys helped do some shopping to add toys to the donations.

A big thank you to everyone who dropped by Kubota North with a donation for CTV Toy Mountain.

Huge thanks to all the Barrie Royals Basketball members who brought in so many gifts to help build up that Toy Mountain.

Members of the Barrie Royals Basketball Club bring in toy donations for CTV’s Toy Mountain.

And the toys just keep on coming from the Barrie Royals Basketball Club.

Amazing team effort by the Barrie Royals Basketball Club who donated hundreds of toys to Toy Mountain.

Thank you to Wendy Black and Janice Sidaway for dropping by the CTV Barrie station with a donation for Toy Mountain.

A group of seven Barrie families got together and surprised us with a big donation for Toy Mountain.

Barrie Royals Basketball Club Toy Mountain donation.

Barrie Royals Basketball Club brings in a truck load of toys for Toy Mountain.

The vans have arrived to take the hundreds of donated toys and gift cards to the Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions warehouse to be sorted and packaged.

Dakota has been a CTV Toy Mountain volunteer for years. He and his mom make sure all the toys dropped off at the station get safely to the warehouse.

Time to fill up the toy box again. Violetta and Marsan dropped by with a toy donation shortly after two van loads left full of toys for kids and gift cards for teens.

A big thank you to the anonymous donor who dropped off these two handmade wooden doll cradles for CTV Barrie's Toy Mountain.

A big thank you to everyone at Reliance Home Comfort in Barrie for donating more than $6,000 in toys for CTV Toy Mountain. All these toys are now on their way to put smiles on kids faces this Christmas!

Reliance Home Comfort Barrie delivered several boxes filled to the brim with toys for Toy Mountain.

The roughly 70 workers at Reliance Home Comfort in Barrie have supported Toy Mountain for years, donating more every year.

Jane Jackson has donated to Toy Mountain for more than a dozen years, and today she brought in more than $1,200 in gift cards and donated double that online!

Fern Taillefer (centre) and members of the UN Peacekeepers make a significant donation to Toy Mountain.

Now that is a lot of toys! Thanks to members of the Barrie Chapter of the Canadian Association of Veterans in United Nations Peacekeeping.

Henry, 4, and his dad Ken brought in all these Secret Santa gifts from the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority Development Engineering and Restoration Department.

Henry helps carry and organize new, unwrapped toy donations into the CTV lobby.

A big thank you to Ann, who left a box of lovely hand-knitted mittens and sweaters for little ones to enjoy this holiday season.

For the 5th year, Randy and Marie donated knitted hats of all sizes and toys for Toy Mountain. Randy dropped them off at the CTV Barrie station Thursday morning.

Members of the UN Peacekeepers Barrie Chapter arrive at CTV Barrie with a generous donation of toys.

New, unwrapped toys fill the lobby area of CTV Barrie after a massive donation by members of the UN Peacekeepers.

CTV producer Tracy McReynolds (L) helps hold a cheque from the folks at Oatley Vigmond, who made a $5,000 donation to CTV's Toy Mountain.

First-time donor to CTV's Toy Mountain, Mark Rainey, stopped by the station Wednesday with new and unwrapped donations.

CTV Barrie's front lobby toy bin is full again! Time to send these donations to Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions and make room for more.

Another van load of donated toys heads off to Family Connexions. Thank you to everyone who has dropped by the station so far.

For the 10th year in a row, Megan Forsythe dropped by the Barrie station to donate several bags of toys for CTV's Toy Mountain.

Big thanks to Dianne and Gerald Boulay who popped into the CTV Barrie station with donations for Toy Mountain again this year.

South Simcoe police deliver toy donations to CTV's Toy Mountain gathered over the weekend for Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions families.

The toy box in the CTV Barrie lobby is filling up again as we aim to make a mountain of donations for those in need this holiday season.

CTV's Dana Roberts joins South Simcoe Police in Bradford West Gwillimbury as officers collect donations. (SSP/Twitter)

South Simcoe Police Acting Chief John Van Dyke is in Bradford on Dec. 2 to help collect donations for families in need this holiday season. (SSP/Twitter)

A South Simcoe police officer accepts a donation for Toy Mountain outside the Canadian Tire and Sobey's in Bradford West Gwillimbury on Dec. 2. (SSP/Twitter)

South Simcoe Police station outside Canadian Tire and Sobey's in Bradford on Dec. 2, collecting unwrapped toys and non-perishable food donations. (SSP/Twitter)

A van is loaded up with donated toys to be sorted at the holiday warehouse. Keep those toy and gift card donations coming as we continue to build our Toy Mountain.

We still have a long way to go to help thousands of children, teens and families this holiday season with our Toy Mountain as these toys head off to be packed into hampers.

Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions volunteers have started preparing hampers with donated gifts for more than 3,000 children, teens and families in need this holiday season.

Volunteers with Simcoe Muskoka Family Connexions unload and sort donated toys at the holiday warehouse for the hundreds of families in need this holiday season.

The CTV Barrie lobby donation box full of donations for another season of Toy Mountain.

Thanks to author and illustrator Pamela Meacher for donating a box of books from her trilogy for CTV Barrie's Toy Mountain.

Big thanks to Katelyn, 5, Tabitha, 7, Cedric, 10, Jathan, 12 and parents, Phil & Jen, for dropping by each with a toy to donate for other children this season.

The first van-load drop-off of new, unwrapped toys arrives.