Basketball fundraiser scheduled for Peace Toys Program
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
The basketball teams for the Winston-Salem Police Department and Winston-Salem Fire Department will play a charity basketball game at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 9, to support the annual Peace Toys for War Toys Exchange.
The game will be played at the Carl Russell Sr. Recreation Center, 3521 Carver School Road. Admission is free with the donation of a new toy.
The donated toys will be used in the 24th annual Peace Toys for War Toys Exchange, an annual event where city youths can exchange toys and video games that promote violence and aggression, such as toy guns and knives, for basketballs, footballs, puzzles, board games and non-violent computer games.
This year’s Peace Toys for War Toys Exchange will be held Saturday, Dec. 17, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds Education Building.
For more information call CityLink 311.
