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The 7th Annual Safe Zones Fill the Bus Toy Drive is taking place this coming Saturday, as the organization teams up with police departments in New Bedford, Acushnet, Dartmouth and Fairhaven to collect toys for local children and families that can't afford gifts.

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - Police in Massachusetts say they've arrested a man who tried to shoplift items from a Target while officers were holding a toy drive outside the store.
Dartmouth police say the department had been holding its annual Christmas toy drive outside the store on Saturday when T…

"Back by popular demand, DPD will be joining forces with Safe Zones for our annual 'Fill the Bus Toy Drive' at Target on Saturday, December 17th from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Come on by and say "hello" to the members of DPD as we meet and greet the public, and try to f…

For the past 20 years, the State Police Dartmouth barracks has celebrated Christmas with a get together that assists children in the area. On Thursday, December 17, their tradition of collecting toys continues for local children and their families and distributed through the New Bedford, Wareham and…

A decked out school bus will be parked at Police Headquarters in New Bedford Saturday. The bus is part of a toy drive campaign organized by Neighborhoods United President Jerry Pinto.
Pinto says this is the second try for the "Stuff The Bus" toy drive this season...

Dozens of off-duty firefighters assembled at Station Six on Purchase Street to do their part for the annual United Way-New Bedford Firefighters Toy Drive. 
Firefighters collected more than 3.000 toys donated this year by local merchants and the general public.  T...

The 3rd annual "Fill the Bus" toy drive collected dozens of toys for needy girls and boys this Christmas season. The Tremblay's bus was parked at the Shawmut Diner Friday, with folks stopping by all day to donate toys for the cause.
Organizer Jerry Pinto tells WBSM News every i…

New Bedford firefighters and volunteers from the United Way of Greater New Bedford are spending the day distributing toys to several different area organizations.
The 14th annual New Bedford Firefighters Union Toy Drive enlisted the help of nearly 20 local businesses and collected about 3,000 toys fo…

Jerry Pinto called in this morning. Jerry is having his 2nd Annual Toy Drive and has decided to share some of the collection with WBSM'S Holiday Giving Tree.