MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Troop A - 504 SE Blue Parkway - Lee's Summit, MO 64083

NEWS RELEASE

For further information please contact: Sgt. Bill Lowe
(816) 622-0800 ext. 3159
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November 12, 2019

EMPHASIS: 17th Annual Trooper Michael Newton Toy Drive

Captain Scott Shipers, commanding officer of Troop A, Lee’s Summit, announces the kickoff of the 17th Annual Trooper Michael Newton Toy Drive. The toy drive will begin, today, November 12, 2019, and run through December 11, 2019.
The Trooper Michael Newton Toy Drive is the cooperative effort of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Kansas Highway Patrol, Murphy-Hoffman Company (Kenworth), Summit Homes, Molle Chevrolet in Blue Springs, MO, Midwest Elite Academy, and the citizens we serve. The drive is designed to bring smiles to the faces of children who are forced to spend the Christmas holiday season in the hospital. All donations to the toy drive will be delivered to children at Children’s Mercy Hospital, KU Medical Center, and the Ronald McDonald House. Troopers from Missouri and Kansas will deliver the toys personally to the children during the month of December.
Toy donations may be made at all metro Summit Homes models; Molle Chevrolet in Blue Springs; all metro area Murphy-Hoffman Company corporate offices; Troop A, Lee’s Summit, MO; or Troop A, Olathe, KS. Donations of electronic games, board games, and new children’s books are encouraged. This annual toy drive honors Trooper Michael L. Newton, who died in the line of duty on May 22, 2003. His death left a huge void in the lives of his family, friends, and co-workers. (###)

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