{"id":26033,"date":"2025-11-05T22:42:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/26033\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T22:42:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:42:38","slug":"emta-stuff-the-bus-donation-event-to-aid-erie-county-toys-for-tots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/26033\/","title":{"rendered":"EMTA Stuff the Bus donation event to aid Erie County Toys for Tots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(<a href=\"http:\/\/yourerie.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:WJET\/WFXP;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">WJET\/WFXP<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0The Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority (EMTA) announces its 8th annual Stuff the Bus event, benefitting Erie County\u2019s Toys for Tots.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">People who want to support are encouraged to donate new, unwrapped and nonviolent toys.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Those who donate may receive ticket vouchers to an Erie Otters home game during the regular season, while supplies last.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/digital-first\/digital-exclusive\/experience-childrens-museum-accepting-food-and-toy-donations\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:expERIEnce Children\u2019s Museum accepting food and toy donations;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> expERIEnce Children\u2019s Museum accepting food and toy donations <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In an EMTA press release, Sarah Morrison, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, said, \u201cStuff the Bus is a staple event for EMTA. We have successfully been able to Stuff the Bus with hundreds of toys thanks to the generosity of those who donate year after year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the 2024 holiday season, the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots distributed over 17,000 toys and supported over 3,000 children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The event will take place on Friday, December 5, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Bayliner Trolley will be parked in the Millcreek Mall Plaza, near Primanti Brothers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\/digital-first\/digital-exclusive\/erie-county-public-library-hosts-book-club-blitz-throughout-november\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Erie County Public Library hosts Book Club Blitz throughout November;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> Erie County Public Library hosts Book Club Blitz throughout November <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">iHeart Media is providing music for the event, with on-air talent attending.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition, donations can be dropped off at the EMTA administration office on 127 East 14th Street, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, now until December 4.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/e14d3a83f470e7f8cee35489e343722b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For more information on the event, to donate or to request a toy, <a href=\"https:\/\/erie-pa.toysfortots.org\/local-coordinator-sites\/lco-sites\/default.aspx?nPageID=0&amp;nPreviewInd=0&amp;nRedirectInd=3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(WJET\/WFXP) \u2013\u00a0The Erie Metropolitan Transit Authority (EMTA) announces its 8th annual Stuff the Bus event, benefitting Erie County\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[17017,136,142,138,17018,137,17019,17021,17020,16849],"class_list":{"0":"post-26033","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-emta","9":"tag-erie","10":"tag-erie-county","11":"tag-erie-headlines","12":"tag-erie-metropolitan-transit-authority","13":"tag-erie-news","14":"tag-erie-otters","15":"tag-nonviolent-toys","16":"tag-stuff-the-bus","17":"tag-toys-for-tots"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}