{"id":30428,"date":"2021-12-09T21:36:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T02:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=30428"},"modified":"2021-12-09T21:42:50","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T02:42:50","slug":"toys-for-tickets-turns-parking-infractions-into-chance-to-spread-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/toys-for-tickets-turns-parking-infractions-into-chance-to-spread-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Toys for Tickets turns parking infractions into chance to spread joy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019ve received a parking ticket on or after November 15, you can turn this blunder into a chance to spread some joy to local kids in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a year\u2019s hiatus due to COVID-19, the Town of Aurora is now accepting toys in exchange for many types of parking tickets, through to this Monday, December 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The toy donations, which needs to be equal to or of greater value than the amount owing on the parking ticket, must be new, unwrapped, and their original packaging. Donations may be made at Town Hall (100 John West Way) and donations of more than one toy will be accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tickets not eligible for the Toys for Tickets program include those related to parking in fire routes or obstructing an accessible parking space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toys for Tickets is run in partnership with the York Regional Police Association\u2019s Holiday Heroes program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have partnered with the Holiday Heroes campaign and residents can exchange their parking tickets for a toy or non-perishable food goods of equal or greater value to the ticket,\u201d says Alexander Wray, Bylaw Manager for the Town of Aurora. \u201cThe reason we\u2019re ending this on December 13 is to give the York Regional Police some time to collect the toys and properly allocate them to the appropriate age group based on donations and have Santa distribute them for Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will also take gift cards with a receipt [to show] they are fully loaded and the value is there. The donations will support children and families in the Aurora-Newmarket area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Brock Weir<\/strong><br \/><em>Editor<br \/>Local Journalism Initiative Reporter<\/em><\/p>\n\r\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F30428&amp;t=Toys%20for%20Tickets%20turns%20parking%20infractions%20into%20chance%20to%20spread%20joy&amp;s=100&amp;p[url]=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F30428&amp;p[images][0]=&amp;p[title]=Toys%20for%20Tickets%20turns%20parking%20infractions%20into%20chance%20to%20spread%20joy\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F30428&amp;text=Like%3F\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Toys%20for%20Tickets%20turns%20parking%20infractions%20into%20chance%20to%20spread%20joy&amp;body=Like%3F:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers-online.com%2Fauroran%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F30428\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve received a parking ticket on or after November 15, you can turn this blunder into a chance to spread some joy to local kids in need. After a year\u2019s hiatus due to COVID-19, the Town of Aurora is now accepting toys in exchange for many types of parking tickets, through to this Monday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-7UM","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 15:05:18","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}