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October 25, 2026

Ellwood City Hosting Hometown Holiday Toy Drive

The holidays are fast approaching! The Ellwood City Chamber, The Borough of Ellwood City and the Ellwood City Area School District are sponsoring the Hometown Holiday Toy Drive and are looking for businesses to take toy drive boxes. Here are the details! Collection boxes will be delivered the by third week of October. Toys will be collected through December 04, 2026. The boxes will be picked up at your location or you may deliver them to the Public Works Building. Toys will be distributed to children from the age of 6 to 18 within Ellwood City Area School District If…

November 22, 2023

Evan’s Monumental Gifts Bringing Holiday Hope to Local Foster Families

That first Christmas without Evan, the Bollinger family bought a bunch of toys and Christmas gifts and took them to his grave where they sat in the snow. “That first year was the hardest. We didn’t know how to handle not having him,” said Kiara Bollinger, mother of Evan and founder of Evan’s Monumental Gifts. Bollinger did not want any family to feel the pit of loneliness that her family felt during the unexpected loss of a child, so Kiara and her husband Eric decided to take their grief and channel it into helping other families. In 2018, the Bollingers…

September 28, 2023

Hometown Holiday Toy Drive Announced!

As the holiday season approaches, the community is gearing up for a special tradition that brings warmth, joy, and togetherness to Ellwood City. The Ellwood City Area Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with The Borough of Ellwood City and the Ellwood City Area School District, is sponsoring the Hometown Holiday Toy Drive. “We are excited to extend an invitation to your esteemed business to be a part of this heartwarming initiative,” says Rhiannon Schnell of the Public Works Department. The Hometown Holiday Toy Drive is an opportunity for our community to come together and spread the holiday spirit by ensuring…