Get a ticket, give a toy - The City of Red Deer

November 21, 2008

(Red Deer, Alberta) – Don’t forget to pay your parking ticket with a toy before The City’s Toys for Tickets program wraps up December 4.

“Toys for Tickets is a program that encourages citizens who receive parking tickets between November 1 and December 4 to donate a toy in lieu of payment for their ticket,” said Fred Dieno, City Parking Liaison.

All toys collected will once again go to the Red Deer Christmas Bureau to help in meeting its goal that no child wakes up without a toy on Christmas morning.

All toys must be new and unwrapped in their original packaging. The early payment rate will remain in effect when the ticket is paid for with a toy; however, the value of the toy must equal or exceed the amount owed on the parking ticket. A receipt must be presented at the time of payment, and if the toy is valued lower than the price of the ticket, the difference must be paid.

Toy donations in lieu of parking tickets will be accepted December 3 and 4 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the first floor of City Hall. Only tickets issued between November 1 and December 4 are accepted.

For more information about the Toys for Tickets program please contact Inspections & Licensing at 403-342-8190 or visit www.reddeer.ca/inspections.

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For more information, please contact:

Fred Dieno                                                     Joyce Boon
Parking Liaison                                              Inspection and Licensing Manager
The City of Red Deer                                      The City of Red Deer
403-342-8287                                                 403-342-8190