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Santa Claus is coming to Toy Tech!

The local nonprofit Spark is happy to announce the return of its annual Toy Tech event. It will once again provide adapted toys for children with disabilities, from 3-6pm on Wednesday, Dec. 8.

Toys will be provided free at a drive-thru distribution, with assistance from some holiday helpers: a Santa Claus and elf who are themselves people with disabilities. The distribution will take place at the Spark office in South Knoxville, 116 Childress St.

Spark is East Tennessee’s technology access nonprofit agency for people with disabilities. Spark’s mission is to innovate and individually tailor technological solutions and accommodations that allow East Tennesseans with disabilities to live, work, play and contribute their skills more fully. It works to provide everything from mobility equipment to specially modified toys, depending on individual needs.

You can support Toy Tech and all of Spark’s services by donating at www.sparktn.org.

Each year, Spark staff members and Knox Makers volunteers modify toys for children with specific needs and distribute them at the popular Toy Tech. Overseeing the festivities this year will be Santa (Gary Harmon) and his helper (7-year-old Elliot Crabtree).

Spark Center, 116 Childress Street, Knoxville, TN 37920. Information: 865-219-0130, https://www.sparktn.org/