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7,600+ toys collected during WAND's Spirit of Giving
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7,600+ toys collected during WAND's Spirit of Giving

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Dec 11, 2025

The first donations of the 2025 WAND Spirit of Giving Toy Drive rolled into the WAND studio parking lot Friday morning.

Golden K Kiwanis donates bikes to support Spirit of Giving
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Golden K Kiwanis donates bikes to support Spirit of Giving

  • WAND Digital Team, Caryn Eisert
  • Updated Dec 5, 2025

Decatur Golden K Kiwanis stepped up once again for WAND's annual Spirit of Giving toy drive, donating bikes.

Our Lady of Lourdes students drop off over $1,000 in gifts for Spirit of Giving
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Our Lady of Lourdes students drop off over $1,000 in gifts for Spirit of Giving

  • WAND Digital Team, Caryn Eisert
  • Updated Dec 5, 2025

Local students helped support the Spirit of Giving. On Friday morning, students from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church and School stopped by the WAND studios on West South Side Drive with a large donation of toys.

'We like to give back': Oakwood Tattoo trades ink for toys during annual event
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'We like to give back': Oakwood Tattoo trades ink for toys during annual event

  • Ben Machi
  • Updated Dec 4, 2025

Oakwood Tattoo held its annual Toys for Tats promotion on Thursday. Anyone who brought in an unwrapped toy worth at least $35 got the chance to pick out new ink.

Generosity during the holidays: Dive into the history of Toys for Tots
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Generosity during the holidays: Dive into the history of Toys for Tots

  • Ben Machi
  • Updated Dec 3, 2025

Toys for Tots started in 1947, after a young Marine Corps Major struggled to find a place to donate his wife's homemade dolls.

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WAND's 2025 'Spirit of Giving' set for Dec. 5
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WAND's 2025 'Spirit of Giving' set for Dec. 5

  • WAND Digital Team
  • Updated Dec 3, 2025

The event will take place out front of the WAND studios in Decatur on South Side Drive from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Annual Spirit of Giving toy drive will help bless thousands of local children
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Annual Spirit of Giving toy drive will help bless thousands of local children

  • Caryn Eisert
  • Updated Dec 2, 2025

WAND’s annual Spirit of Giving event brings car after car of donations, each one helping ensure every child in Macon County has a Christmas morning to remember.

High need for toy donations in 2021 Spirit of Giving drive
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High need for toy donations in 2021 Spirit of Giving drive

  • Updated Nov 22, 2021

(WAND) - The Salvation Army said it anticipates a higher need for toy donations in 2021 as the WAND Spirit of Giving Toy Drive gets set to start.

Work for Spirit of Giving Toy Drive already underway
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Work for Spirit of Giving Toy Drive already underway

  • Deron Molen
  • Updated Nov 12, 2021

FORSYTH, Ill. (WAND) — 'Tis the season for the sounds of shopping and Menards in Forsyth is no exception.

Springfield business providing free meals for local grade school students
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Springfield business providing free meals for local grade school students

  • By Thomas Garverick
  • Mar 12, 2021

SPRINGFIELD, Il. (WAND) -- The COVID-19 pandemic pushed a lot of local small businesses to the brink.

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