Donations soar in the last few days of Christmas Toy Appeal for disadvantaged children across Lanarkshire

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The Advertiser’s Christmas toy appeal will officially come to an end in just a matter of days.Our merry little team of elves at the newspaper and Hamilton’s Salvation Army have worked their socks off collecting and sorting the hundreds of new toys and gifts that have been donated for disadvantaged children across South Lanarkshire.Kind-hearted readers, organisations, churches and businesses have gone all-out to help make 2022 - a year of huge uncertaintity and financial difficulty for all - even more special than previous years.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android In fact, generous staff at Asda Hamilton once again decided to donate toys instead of partaking in a secret Santa this year, and we took delivery of seven trolley's full of gifts this week.We also had fantastic support from the team at the Scottish Roads Partnership with a £500 donation and hundreds of pounds were donated from Impact Shopfitting Ltd of Lesmahagow, as well gifts and vouchers from the Tooth Doctor in Carluke and Dundas Fyfe Funeral Services in Motherwell.We are also due to take a delivery of toys and gifts from Montessori Nursery in Bothwell, and our friends at the Fighting Scots gym in Bellshill and their pals in Dubai, who will hand over a cheque in the coming days after rowing an amazing 50,000 metres in the space of a few