CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – For close to 20 years, 5 Star Media Group has hosted its annual Christmas Toy Drive, and this year was another holiday success with around 1,900 toys donated and more than $2,000 collected to buy several hundred more gifts.

C-4 Entertainment matched the toy donations at their drop-off site, adding hundreds more. The title sponsor for this season’s drive was Crown Staffing, with all of the children receiving toys through five local organizations.

5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 9, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 9, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 9, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 9, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 9, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Toy Drive, December 2023.
5 Star Media Toy Drive, December 2023.
5 Star Media Toy Drive, December 2023.
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 9, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 9, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 10, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 10, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 10, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 10, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 10, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 10, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 10, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 10, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 10, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 10, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 10, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)
5 Star Media Group Toy Drive on Dec. 10, 2023. (Shavaun Clouse)

The nonprofits were Sanctuary Inc., Toys for Tots, Once Broken now Mended Ministries, Crisis 211, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clarksville, and Radical Mission Compassionate Ministries. Santa’s helpers from 5 Star Media gathered the toys at the YMCA in Clarksville, where the organizations picked them up.

“With the devastation we saw on Saturday afternoon, I know these toys are more needed for some than ever,” said Shavaun Clouse, Promotions and Events Director for 5 Star Media Group said. “Thank you as always to our community for coming together for one another.”