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December 9, 2012

Remington breakfast gives Toys for Tots a huge boost

Ben Michnya of Remington discusses his Christmas list with The Big Man.

By mid-morning Sunday, citizens filled most seats at the firehouse.

McKenzie Carter of Bealeton gets in the Christmas spirit.

Butch Grimsley (front), Buck Cornwell and Romona Grogan hustle to keep up in the kitchen.

Lane Cather of Remington thinks carefully about his answer.

Bettie and Wilbur Heflin serve themselves breakfast.

Chase and Carly Hutchison talk with St. Nick.

Natalie Ayoub and Kate Butler with Santa.

By 10 a.m., the volunteers had cooked and served 45 dozen eggs.

With Santa watching, Braedy Cooper of Warrenton is on his best behavior.

It takes teamwork to feed a couple hundred people at breakfast.

The big turnout and boxes of donated toys give Shelly Wright reasons to smile.

The U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots campaign got a big boost from the Remington Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department’s annual pancake breakfast with Santa on Sunday morning.

In four hours, 246 people passed through the buffet.

The volunteers offered free breakfast to anyone who brought a new, unwrapped children’s gift to drop in the Toys for Tot collection boxes. The breakfast crowd filled up seven boxes, far exceeding last year’s effort.

Meanwhile, children from 7 months to 11 years old waited patiently to see Santa to tell him what they had on their Christmas lists.

In the first two hours, the volunteers served up 80 pounds of potatoes, 60 pounds of bacon, 40 pounds of sausage, 45 dozen eggs, 250 biscuits and too many pancakes to count.

For the third consecutive year, Remington Fire & Rescue conducted the collection and fundraiser to help Toys for Tots.

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lilymeaney · February 28, 2013 at 1:51 am

This is a very kind and helpful work done by U.S. marine corps.
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young_kl · December 10, 2012 at 1:34 pm

What a difference this fundraiser will make on our ability to serve all of the families in this county. THANK YOU all who donated toys to Toys for Tots!

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