Carson City sports bar MJ's wins Battle of the Bars Toy Drive for second straight year
MJ’s Sports Bar on South Carson Street in Carson City was declared the winner Saturday of the annual Battle of the Bars Toy Drive with patrons and staff collecting 141 toys.
Crossroad’s Lounge, located at 300 E. Winnie Lane came in second place with 42 toys, Ed’s Doghouse at 3300 Airport Road came in third place with 40 toys.
The bars have been collecting toys since late November and Saturday night, Dec. 17, Captain Mark Cyr, Commanding Officer of The Salvation Army Serving Carson City and Douglas County, went “Bar Hopping” to collect the toys.
MJ’s staff and patrons were very excited to have won for the second year in a row, but, just like the other bars involved, they really just want help as many children as they can to celebrate Christmas with gifts under the tree. MJ's is located at 3679 S. Carson Street.
“Battle of the Bars toy drive has been a great resource of toys for our Angel Tree program for the last 5 years,” said Captain Mark. “As we see more need each year we have found it necessary to have more avenues to collect toys and this is one of our more unique toy drives.”
The Salvation Army Serving Carson City and Douglas County will be providing Christmas gifts for more than 1300 disadvantaged children. Angel Trees and Barrels are placed in area stores during the first part of November until December 22nd. Community members purchase items for children and return the gifts to the store where the angel tree or barrels are located.
Donations can be made at The Salvation Army’s 661 Colorado St. location up through Dec. 24.
For more information about the Angel Tree program, please contact Christie Contreras at (775) 887-9120 or visit their web page at carsoncity.salvationarmy.org.
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