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

November 19, 2010

(Red Deer, Alberta) – While The City’s Toys for Tickets program is underway, you can pay your parking ticket with a toy if you do it before December 3.

“Toys for Tickets is a program to encourage Red Deerians who receive parking tickets between November 1 and December 3, to donate a toy in lieu of payment for their ticket,” said Fred Dieno, City Parking Coordinator. “This is the fourth year we’re running the program and it has been very successful in the past. Over the past three years, we have collected almost 2000 toy donations for the Red Deer Christmas Bureau. ”

All toys collected go to the 2010 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 is 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 2 and 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the first floor of City Hall. Only parking tickets issued between November 1 and December 3 are eligible to donate a toy in lieu of payment

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 Coordinator                        Development and Licensing Supervisor
The City of Red Deer                       The City of Red Deer
403-342-8287                                 403-342-8190