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In this 2021 photo, Lorelai Draper, then 12, shows some of the roughly 300 toys she collected in the first year of Lorelai’s Toy Drive. This year, she collected more than five times that number.

In this 2021 photo, Lorelai Draper, then 12, shows some of the roughly 300 toys she collected in the first year of Lorelai’s Toy Drive. This year, she collected more than five times that number.

December 31, 2025

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Lorelai’s Toy Drive collects more than 1,500 toys
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Lorelai’s Toy Drive collects more than 1,500 toys

MOSES LAKE — Most children eagerly await their toys on Christmas. But 17-year-old Lorelai Draper has more fun giving them away. “When she was 12, a light bulb went off,” said Draper’s mom, Heidi Rogers. “She finally understood that some kids don’t get presents for Christmas, and she wanted to do something about it.”