Toy drive opens season of giving

DERBY — The Valley Toys for Tots toy store campaign coordinated by Team Inc. has a new location this year, but its goal is the same.

The toy distribution and related toy collection events aim to make the holiday season brighter for more than 1,500 Valley children who may not otherwise find new toys under their Christmas tree.

“You people bring a smile to children’s faces,” Diane Stroman, Team Inc.’s vice president of development, told the business leaders and service providers gathered at the Toys for Tots kick-off breakfast at John J. Sullivan’s on Nov. 12.