FFA Donates to Conroe ISD Police Toy Drive

CONROE, TEXAS (December 11, 2023) – All six chapters of the Conroe ISD Future Farmers of America (FFA) gathered at the Otwell Agricultural Park & Livestock Complex for its annual holiday party last week.

Attendees earned raffle tickets for gift baskets for each toy donated to the CISD Police Children in Santa’s Dreams Toy Drive. The FFA ended up donating approximately 250 toys that will make the holidays brighter for children within the district this year.

New, unwrapped toys were collected for boys and girls of all ages. These gifts will be wrapped and given to families who, without support, may not otherwise have a wonderful Christmas. Last year, Children in Santa’s Dreams provided gifts to 1,196 children in 551 families. Since 2002, the program has helped make 15,000 children’s Christmas a little merrier with gifts and stockings.

About Children in Santa’s Dreams
The Police Activities League (PAL) has founded a Christmas program dedicated to less fortunate children in the Conroe Independent School District. The need criteria for this program is based on personal references from counselors, teachers, principals, and other school staff who work with children every day. Counselors work with parents and PAL in order to maintain the anonymity of our less fortunate children. Children in Santa’s Dreams provides gifts and stockings for our children enrolled in school and their siblings who may be too young to attend school. Citizens, service organizations, and youth organizations are invited to participate by donating new, unwrapped gifts and/or by attending an annual wrapping party where all donated toys and gifts are organized by age and gender. Each volunteer receives a family identified only by a number. The volunteer is asked to pick out gifts for each child listed and wrap the gifts selected. The number of gifts each child receives is determined by the amount of donations and number of students referred by the program. In past years, 1-3 gifts per child have been given, with the addition of one game per family.