"Toys for Tickets" Is Back at UC
For the fourth year, University of Cincinnati students, faculty and staff are able to convert their parking tickets into the gift of giving.
Toys for Tots, a top-rated national charity, provides toys, books and other gifts for less fortunate children in local communities. In collaboration with the Toys for Tots Foundation, UCs Parking Services will be accepting
Toys for Tickets donations
on main campus.
How it works:
Parking Services will dismiss any outstanding, on-campus parking tickets in exchange for Toys for Tots donations. To have your parking ticket dismissed, stop by the Parking Services office in 4 Edwards Center with your new toy donation along with the accompanying receipt. The receipt amount must be equal to or greater than your parking ticket amount. Donations will be accepted Nov. 19-Dec. 10.
Parking Services welcomes all donations to Toys for Tots, with or without tickets! For more information, please visit the
or call: 513-556-2283.
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