Lane County groups want to Stuff the Bus with food, toy donations this weekend

Megan Banta, Register-Guard
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Marine Sgt. Robert Medina accepts a donation from Calvin Hammond as his brother Solomon Hammond hands off goods to FOOD for Lane County's Jennifer Ziegler-Monegan to help "Stuff the Bus" with their father, Nick Hammond, at Walmart on Nov. 13, 2020, in Springfield. The Hammonds lost their home in Vida in the Holiday Farm Fire and wanted to repay the generosity of the community.

Before people prepare to stuff turkeys, local organizations need help stuffing buses with food and toys for local families.

Stuff the Bus — a partnership between FOOD for Lane County, Lane County Toys for Tots, Walmart, Lane Transit District and local radio stations104.7 KDUK and US 101 — takes place Friday and Saturday.

For 26 years, the community has donated tens of thousands of pounds of food for FOOD for Lane County to distribute and around the same amount of unwrapped toys through the county's Toys for Tots program as part of the Stuff the Bus campaign.

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Volunteers from the radio stations will accept donations at two Walmart locations:

  • 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday at 2659 Olympic St. in Springfield

  • 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday at 1040 Green Acres Road in Eugene

People can bring quality, non-perishable food items and unwrapped toys that the groups will share with local families that need a little extra support during the holidays.

The organizations cannot accept frozen foods, fresh produce, meat or dairy items.

There's a list of the most-needed food items, toy donation details and more at kduk.com/?pg=2206

Contact city government watchdog Megan Banta at mbanta@registerguard.com. Follow her on Twitter @MeganBanta_1.

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