Cole Blair takes a stack of toys to add to the pile at the Chuck Swidzinski Team Marine Toys for Tots collection at the Brick House Thursday. Seb Foltz/Butler Eagle

Thursday night was one of the final pushes to stock up for the annual Toys for Tots distribution event coming up next weekend in Butler.

The Berkshire Hathaway Chuck Swidzinski Team organized the 10th annual toy drive at the Brick House in Butler, where the admission fee was an unwrapped toy.

Jared Sullivan, a listing agent with Berkshire Hathaway Chuck Swidzinski Team, said the idea for the event is to promote a tangible outlet for the holiday spirit of giving.

“Christmas is a great time for everyone to come together and laugh,” Sullivan said. “We want to do that and also make some kids happy.”

Read more in Friday's Butler Eagle.