FAYETTE COUNTY ANNOUNCES DATES FOR DEPUTY SANTA PROGRAM
Fayette County Sheriff Keith Korenek and the deputies of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office have announced November 17th through December 17th as the dates for this year’s Deputy Santa Program.
Donation bins will be distributed throughout Fayette County to collect toys for children less fortunate this holiday season. The Deputy Santa Program will solicit new and gently used unwrapped toys. Program ages are 12 years old and under. Monetary donations will be used to purchase additional new toys for the children from Fayette County that sign up for the program. Sponsorship letters were sent out to area citizens and businesses September 12th.
Donation sites include: La Grange – Brasher Gunn, City Hall, Colorado Valley Communications, Dollar General, Fayette Electric Cooperative, Inc., the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, Fayette Savings Bank, Fayetteville Bank, La Grange Ford-Lincoln-Mercury, National Bank & Trust, Oviedo Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep, Prosperity Bank and St. Mark’s Medical Center and Schmidt’s Jewelry.
Donation sites for surrounding communities include: Carmine – Carmine State Bank. Fayetteville – Fayetteville Bank and the Justice of the Peace Office. Flatonia – City Hall, Fayette Savings Bank and Oak Manor Nursing Home. Round Top – Round Top State Bank. Schulenburg – Chuck Brown Ford, City Hall, Family Dollar, Fayetteville Bank, General Dollar, Harlan’s Food Market, Prosperity Bank, and Wells Fargo Bank.
La Grange Ford-Lincoln-Mercury, Oviedo Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep and Brasher-Gunn, Inc. will also offer free oil changes in exchange for toy donations.
To receive assistance from this program children must be 12 years old and under. Parents must sign their children up in person; no telephone registrations will be accepted. A birth certificate or copy of your child’s report card must be shown. Sign up is required at one of the following locations: La Grange, Fayette County Sheriff’s Office; Schulenburg, City Hall; Fayetteville, Justice of the Peace Office; Round Top, Round Top State Bank; and Flatonia, City Hall. Sign up dates are November 17 through December 17.
For more information about the 2014 Deputy Santa Program please contact Lt. David Beyer at (979) 968-5856.