Submitted by Mixx 96.1
Whatever the weather, and sometimes its frightful, every year around the holidays the staff of Mixx 96.1 KXXO and a crew of intrepid volunteers spend a day out on the street collecting toys and cash for families in need of extra assistance.
Broadcasting live from outside their studios at the corner of State and Washington streets in downtown Olympia, Mixx 96.1 FM is holding their “Wrapping up the Holidays” Toy & Fund Drive Friday, December 19.
The station is stressing cash donations this year as O Bee Credit Union will match the first $2,500 received and have an online donation site. The drive takes on more urgency with cuts to social programs and families having trouble meeting their basic needs. “While our neighbors are struggling,” said Mixx 96.1 program director John Foster, “we want to make sure their kids have Christmas.”
Recipient groups include the Holiday Connection (a consortium of area non-profits) and Barb’s Family & Friends. Mixx 96.1 handles all of the administrative costs so that every dollar goes directly to gifts for the families served.
Mixx 96.1 Station Manager Toni C. Holm said, “We’re always amazed and humbled by the incredible generosity of our community. It is an honor to be associated with such a caring group.”
Additional details on the drive and its recipients may be found at www.mixx96.com.
