Toys for Tots - Lancaster County will participate in the Columbia Halloween Parade on Thursday, Oct. 27. Members of the community are encouraged to participate in the Stuff the Truck Drive by donating new, unwrapped toys during the parade.

Toys for Tots, a 75-year-old national charitable program run by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, provides gifts to children in need during each Christmas season. Lancaster County Toys for Tots helped over 17,000 children last Christmas. The toys and donations raised in Lancaster County stay in the county.

If a child is in need this holiday season, visit http://lancaster-pa.toysfortots.org to register him or her to receive gifts.