120 toys collected in Toys for Tickets program

By News Staff

Posted Dec 17, 2013 06:17:16 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

The Toys for Tickets program in Cambridge brought in over 120 toys this year.

The program runs for 14 days each December and gives residents the chance to pay their parking ticket with a toy instead.

The toys donated translate to nearly $1200 in gifts for the Cambridge Professional Firefighters Christmas Basket Fund.

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