Toys For Tickets Initiative

Cities in the US and Canada are allowing citizens to pay their parking fines with toys to help make sure children have a gift to open on Christmas morning. The “Toys for Tickets” campaign allows motorists to donate toys, in lieu of money, to pay for any parking ticket this holiday season. Every year participating cities have collected thousands of toys through the initiative.

The Toys for Tickets campaign receives tremendous support from participating communities each year. The only requirement is the toy new and unopened toy must be equal to or greater than the value of the parking ticket. Donations of more than one toy are accepted as long as the value of the toys equals or exceeds the amount owing on the fine.

Drivers must bring the parking ticket and a receipt for the toy within 30 days of the ticket date. The toys can be dropped off at local city or town halls and are delivered to a local toy drive in time to be distributed to children over the holidays. Check with your local municipalities to see if they are participating.

Many communities paused the program during the Covid 19 or changed the guidelines to allocate the funds for purchasing toys in lieu of collecting toys. Parking tickets are not a positive experience but the Toys for Tickets initiative can certainly help spread some positivity throughout communities during the holiday season.