Bus Jam Toy and Food Collection

The K-DOCK Rotary Bus Jam & Bikes for Tykes Toy and Food Drive is held the first Saturday in December with a distribution of toys the following week. However other projects that help stuff the busses with toys begin as early as October. The project was started almost 20 years ago by K-DOCK (KDCQ 92.9FM) Radio and the Coos Bay-North Bend Rotary Club. Through the years 8000 children have had a merrier Christmas because of the toy drive and thousands of families have received food through South Coast Food Share (distributed through Food Pantries in Coos County Communities & Southwestern Oregon Community College). The pandemic proved to be one of the most successful in the 19-year history of the project. Over 100-thousand pounds of food was collected in the form of food and cash donations, 6 busses were stuffed with toys in the cities of Coos Bay, North Bend, Bandon, and Coquille. This year, NARCOA Rail Cars (putters) conducted a Toy Express from Mapleton to Coos Bay to kick off donations. The Bus Jam Toy and Food Drive is the largest on the coast. It also features a toy run with over 100 motorcyclists delivering Bikes and toys at the Saturday collection event.