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Corvettes Bring Tons of Toys to Atlantic City

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20 Oct 2009 32 views
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Corvettes Bring Tons of Toys to Atlantic City
A Corvette parade longer than 10 miles snaked down the Atlantic City Expressway each car filled with Christmas toys their drivers were bringing to the Marine Corps' Toys For Tots campaign.

A Corvette parade longer than 10 miles snaked down the Atlantic City Expressway, each car filled with toys for the Marine Corps' Toys For Tots campaign.

More than a thousand people from Corvette clubs across the Northeast arrived on Saturday to fill the parking lot at Bernie Robbins Stadium and stack their toys under the Marine League's tent.

The group, which distributes the toys to needy children in Atlantic County, New Jersey, said it looked like they had collected more than the 2,500 toys they got out of last year's ‘Vette parade.

(Photos and story in The Press of Atlantic City)

Thanks to Ruth Rundgren for submitting the article!

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