(KAIR)--A Benedictine College student group is working to collect toys for children in need.
According to a release from the Atchison-based college, the Raven Athletic Leadership Council “is working with the women- and men- basketball teams on the annual Christmas Joy Toy Drive. It- the 11th year the teams have taken part in the drive.
The release explains that anyone who donates a new, unwrapped toy for the drive will receive free admissing to Saturday- basketball games, with the women tipping off against Culver-Stockton Saturday at 12 noon, in the Nolan Gym, while the men meet Culver-Stockton that afternoon for a 2:00 tip off.
Santa Claus will be in attendance Saturday, with the release saying the Jolly Old Elf will be located outside the Nolan Gym, on the lower level of the St. John Paul II Student Center, from 11:30 to 1:00 Saturday. Cookies and hot chocolate will be available.
All toys collected will go to support the Salvation Army- Angel Tree program.
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