Connecticut State Police, Aetna, and Ambulance Service of Manchester Collect 1,000s of Toys for the Holidays

The Connecticut State Police - Troop H (representing the Hartford area), the Ambulance Service of Manchester and Aetna Ambulance have once again shown their generosity to patients at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center with the 15th annual “Stuff A Cruiser” toy drive. 

Tens of thousands of toys were collected from Dec. 15 through Dec. 18 at Toys R Us stores in Manchester, Newington and West Hartford. The toys were delivered to the medical center on Washington Street in Hartford via State Police cruisers, ambulances and a box truck Tuesday morning, Dec. 20. A portion of the gifts were given to children throughout the inpatient and outpatient areas of the medical center on Wednesday, but most will be used to give each child brought to the Emergency Department this year a toy.

Troopers and ambulance crews volunteered more than 200 hours collecting new toys, games and stuffed animals outside Toys R Us stores in Manchester, Newington and West Hartford. In addition to the toys, this year's event raised a record $17,000 to support the Emergency Department.