On December 5th and 6th, the 2013 Toys for Tickets program will enable people to pay for their parking tickets with a toy instead of cash.
From 8:30 am to 4:30 pm on that Thursday and Friday, toys can be used to pay those fines at Kingston City Hall or at 1211 John Counter Blvd – with the latter only only accepting toy payments as no cash, debit or credit card can be accepted there.
Last year the 2012 Toys for Tickets program received 308 toys for the local toy drive in lieu of $3,010 in parking fines. The program has collected over 2000 toys since beginning in 2005.
“It’s a happier way to pay for a ticket. Knowing a child is going to have a nicer holiday because you paid with a toy takes some of the sting out of the parking ticket,” said Supervisor, By-Law Enforcement, Brandi Timpson. She hopes even more people will choose to pay with toys this year.
Any parking ticket received between November 1 and December 6 – but not including tickets issued for unauthorized parking in an accessible parking space – can be paid for with a new unwrapped toy of a value equal to or greater than the amount of the ticket. A purchase receipt must be included with the toy.
Gifts recommended by Toys for Tickets include: knapsacks, games, cars, trucks, dolls and plush toys. No toys using glue or batteries, and no war toys can be accepted.
The toys collected from this program will be delivered to the local toy drive in time for distribution to children over the holidays.
If you plan to get to either toy payment location by bus, check out the City’s Trip Planner resource.
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