KOSCIUSKO COUNTY — While organizations and people are collecting toys to donate to this year’s Toys For Tots, sign-up for families wishing to be recipients of this year’s collection will begin next week.

Sign-ups will begin Monday, Nov. 26, and continue through Friday, Nov. 30. Hours to sign-up your children to have a merry Christmas will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, and 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, at the old Ace Hardware Store, 1701 E. Center St., Warsaw.

People will need to have with them the following documents when signing up their children:

• Photo identification for the parent(s)
• Some form of identification for the children, such as Social Security card, WIC card or birth certification.

Non-custodial parent(s) cannot sign up the children, nor can grandparents or other relatives, unless there is a court order and it is brought with them.

Anyone who has signed up with another agency, cannot receive any help from Toys For Tots.

Persons with questions can contact Lt. Dave Morales, police site supervisor for Parkview Warsaw Hospital, local coordinator. He can be reached at (574) 372-0066 from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday or via email at [email protected]. Persons can also access the website at www.toysfortots.org.

Toys will be collected from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at Martin’s Supermarket, Husky Trail, Warsaw.