RCMP officers will be delivering toys to communities in northern Manitoba this Christmas.
More than a 1,000 presents will be going to children in remote communities through the Toys for the North project.
Toys for the North is one of few organizations that brings toys to the thousands of children who live in Canada’s North.
RCMP officers sort and deliver toys to the communities they live and work in. This project is a way for them to get involved in the community.
“To know that we are able to provide a child with a toy, with some holiday cheer, is a great feeling,” said Chief Supt. Scott Kolody in a release Monday. “Often we, as the police, are dealing with moments of crisis, so it is truly rewarding to be able to help put a smile on the face of a child.”
This is the forth year the RCMP will be participating in the event.
The toys are shipped from Toronto to Winnipeg on an airplane provided by the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Toys for the North is a partnership between the RCMP, the Canadian Toy Association, the Canadian Forces, Thomson Terminals, Gardewine Transport and Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO), an organization which represents northern Manitoba First Nations.
