EON Partners with WGN News Toy Drive

CHICAGO, November 21, 2019 – The WGN Morning News Drive-Thru Toy Drive will be celebrating its 17^th year, the second year that toys will go to children served by the Chicago Park District. The Toy Drive will run from 5am–10am on Friday, December 13^th featuring Santa and other fun-filled holiday activities. Viewers can drive up and drop off a new, unwrapped toy at the WGN-TV Studios, located at 2501 W. Bradley Place in Chicago (near Addison & Western). Viewers may also drop off toys at participating Chicago Park District locations.* Last year, viewers and companies donated over 6,000 toys. EON Clinics will be on WGN dropping off toy donations. Be sure to tune in at 8:30am!

WGN Morning News will be showcasing drop-off partners and their special offers for viewers who drop off new, unwrapped toys at the following locations:

Abt Electronics – Donors will receive a $20 Abt voucher with a donation of a new, unwrapped toy (donated toy must be valued at $20 or more; while supplies last; restrictions apply). Abt Electronics is located at 1200 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Glenview.
Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament – Save over 35% on tickets with each new unwrapped toy brought to Medieval Times between now and Thursday, December 12^th. (Use offer code TOY19 at time of purchase and visit MedievalTimes.com/ToyDrive for more information. Restrictions apply). Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament is located at 2001 N. Roselle Road in Schaumburg.

Other partners include: ABC Plumbing, Sewer, Heating, Cooling & Electric; EON Clinics; Scale Marketing; USA Insulation; Walter E. Smithe Furniture & Design; Melman Law Group; Feldco Factory Direct; Law Offices of Jeffery Leving

TOY DISTRIBUTION:

All toys will be donated to the Chicago Park District and will be distributed to Chicago area children and families in need. The Chicago Park District will host three Winter Wonderland family festivals on December 14^th from 10am to 1pm, where children may come for the toy giveaway and stay to enjoy music, performances, snacks and arts & crafts activities. Toys are to be distributed as part of the overall event. Only one toy per child and the child must be present to receive the toy. Toys distributed ‘while supplies last.’ For a list of parks collecting Toy donations, visit Chicago Park District/toy-drive.

Winter Wonderland Toy Giveaways:

North: Willye White Park, 1610 W. Howard Street
Central: Garfield Park, 300 N. Central Park Avenue
South: Washington Park, 5531 S. King Drive

The Chicago Park District is celebrating its 85th anniversary in 2019 and is a Gold Medal Award winner, recognized for excellence in park and recreation management across the nation. For more information about the Chicago Park District’s more than 8,800 acres of parkland, more than 600 parks, 26 miles of lakefront, 12 museums, two world-class conservatories, 16 historic lagoons, nearly 50 nature areas, thousands of special events, sports and entertaining programs, please visit ChicagoParkDistrict.com or contact the Chicago Park District at 312-742-PLAY or 312-747-2001 (TTY). Want to share your talent? Volunteer in the parks by calling 312-742-PLAY. Follow us at facebook/ChicagoParkDistrict on Instagram/ChicagoParks and on Twitter @chicagoparks.

WGN-TV is Chicago’s Very Own source for news and entertainment. WGN News programs more local news than any other Chicago TV station and can be seen on WGN-TV, CLTV, WGNTV.com and the WGN-TV News app. In-depth local weather is available on all newscasts and the WGN-TV Weather app. WGN 9.2 is Chicago’s home of Nexstar Media Group’s classic TV network Antenna TV and WGN 9.3 is Chicago’s Court TV network affiliate. WGN 9.4 carries TBD, bringing the world of internet video to the TV screen. WGN-TV is a Nexstar Media Group station. For more information on Chicago’s Very Own WGN-TV, go to WGNTV.com

*For a list of parks collecting Toy donations, visit Chicago Park District.