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Marines sponsor Toys for Tots drive

The 65th anniversary campaign of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program is now in full swing in Sonoma Valley.

The toy drive campaign is being locally coordinated and supported by the Wine Country Marines in conjunction with the Marine Corps League Detachment in Santa Rosa. Marine veteran and Sonoma resident Bryan Aubin is the 2012 Toys For Tots campaign chairman for the Sonoma Valley. His wife Shauna is the co-chairman.

New toy donations are being accepted now through Saturday, Dec. 15, at the following 23 Sonoma Valley businesses:

Alain Pinel Realtors, 552 Broadway in Sonoma; Baskin-Robins Ice Cream, 201 W. Napa St. in Sonoma; Buena Vista Winery, 18000 Old Winery Road in Sonoma; B.R. Cohn Winery, 15000 Sonoma Highway in Glen Ellen; Coldwell Banker DeAnza Realty, 800 Broadway in Sonoma; Epicurean Connection, 122 W. Napa St. in Sonoma; Exchange Bank-Sonoma, 435 W. Napa St., Sonoma; Edward Jones, 19310 Sonoma Highway, Suite D in Sonoma; Green Universe Inc., 19618 Eighth St. E. in Sonoma; Mike Larbre Automotive, 18155 Sonoma Highway in Sonoma; Moldovan Academy, 275 E. Spain St. directly behind Trinity Episcopal Church in Sonoma; Off Broadway Cleaners, 19485 Sonoma Highway in Sonoma; Robledo Family Winery, 21901 Bonness Road in Sonoma; Seven Flags of Sonoma Mobile Home Park, 1400 W. Watmaugh Road in Sonoma; Sonoma Chevrolet, 687 W. Napa St. in Sonoma; Sonoma Valley Tech, 19485 Sonoma Highway, Suite C in Sonoma; Starbucks Coffee, Maxwell Village Shopping Center, 19239 Sonoma Highway, Sonoma; Pacific Union Real Estate/Christies Great Estates, 640 Broadway in Sonoma; Papa Murphy’s Take 'N' Bake Pizza, 678 W. Napa St. in Sonoma; Valley Hydroponics, 19230 Sonoma Highway in Sonoma; Valley of the Moon Trap Club, 27000 Burndale Road in Sonoma; Vintage Sonoma Senior Living, 91 Napa Road in Sonoma; and Wine Country Party & Events, 22674 Broadway, Suite A in Sonoma.

Local Marine Corps veterans and their spouses founded the Wine Country Marines in 1984. For more information about the Toys for Tots Foundation visit ToysForTots.org. For more information about the Wine Country Marines visit WineCountryMarines.org.