FROM STAFF REPORTS

HOOVER — Ashley Mac’s in partnership with Lifeline Children’s Services will collect new therapy toys for foster children in Alabama through March 4.

Eligible toys include:

• Puppets and finger puppets
• Baby dolls
• Figures for sand trays (much like the small animals and figures found at Hobby Lobby)
• Weighted blankets (all sizes, colors and weights)
• Big pillows for Theraplay
• Various colored bean bags
• Playdough
• Sand art
• Chewlery
• Bubble gum
• Stress balls
• I Spy

Toys can be dropped off at Ashley Mac’s locations in Inverness, 5299 Valleydale Road, Hoover; Cahaba Heights, 3147 Green Valley Road, Birmingham; and Bluff Park, 759 Shades Mountain Plaza, Hoover.