]For the third consecutive year, Rabobank, N.A. is supporting the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots program by creating in-branch donation stations at participating locations. Rabobank is also introducing a Letters to Santa program.

    In addition to paying the first-class postage for letter delivery to the North Pole, the bank is helping Santa’s elves send personalized responses back to children who drop off their letters at a nearby branch.

Through Dec. 14, customers and community members can donate new, unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots at drop boxes at all  Rabobank Branch locations

The toys will be distributed locally by Toys for Tots volunteers. Parents and legal guardians can request to receive a toy on behalf of their child by using the Toys for Tots’ Request a Toy application at https://www.toysfortots.org/request_toys/Default.aspx, which will automatically direct them to their local Toys for Tots program for more information. In Santa Rosa:  https://santa-rosa-ca.toysfortots.org/local-coordinator-sites/lco-sites/default.aspx
 
For the Letters to Santa, Rabobank will pay the first-class postage on all letters dropped off at a local branch on or before Friday, Dec. 7, and confirm that the letters are directly delivered to Santa’s workshop.

If parents or legal guardians put in a complete return address, including the young sender’s name, they can expect to receive a response — postmarked from the North Pole — in the week leading up to Christmas.

Letters without a return address, or dropped off after Dec. 7, are welcome though they likely won’t receive a response.

“By expanding our holiday program, we help ensure that every child in the communities we serve experiences some holiday magic,” said Julie Castle, president/CBO of Rabobank, N.A.

“Our employees are proud to give Team Santa a hand by supporting Toys for Tots’ generous mission and ensuring that kids’ carefully written letters arrive at Santa’s workshop on time,” she said.
 
For more about Rabobank, N.A., please visit www.rabobankamerica.com 

— Gregory Jones for Rabobank N.A.

Rabobank, N.A. toy drop-off branch locations as of Nov. 15, 2018: 
(Final collection dates vary by location)

Sonoma County 
201 3rd St., Santa Rosa 
10 Maple St., Suite 101, Sonoma

Butte County
2041 Forest Ave., Chico 
237 West East Ave., Chico 
2227 Myers St., Oroville

Fresno County 
45 E River Park Place West, Suite 108, Fresno 
1003 I St., Reedley

Kern County
2700 Mt. Vernon Ave., Bakersfield 
3800 Riverlakes Dr., Bakersfield 
3990 Gosford Rd., Bakersfield 
5151 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield 
900 Truxtun Ave., Suite 100, Bakersfield

Kings County 
218 North Douty St., Hanford

Merced County 
1861 Bellevue Rd., Atwater 
601 I St., Los Banos 
2000 M St., Merced 
731 East Yosemite Ave., Merced

Napa County 
700 Trancas St., Napa

Placer County 
3992 Douglas Blvd., Suite 110, Roseville

Riverside County 
1491 South Sixth St., Coachella 
81-790 Highway 111, Indio 
51-290 Avenida Bermudas, La Quinta 
41990 Cook St., Building H, Suite 701, Palm Desert 
500 South Palm Canyon Dr., Suite 115, Palm Springs 
72-885 Ramon Rd., Thousand Palms

San Joaquin County 
501 West Kettleman Lane, Lodi 
1889 West March Lane, Stockton

San Luis Obispo County 
6950 El Camino Real, Atascadero 
1070 Main St., Cambria 
1025 Las Tablas Rd., Templeton

Santa Barbara County 
5030 Carpinteria Ave., Carpinteria 
61 West Highway 246, Buellton 
5956 Calle Real, Goleta 
905 Guadalupe St., Guadalupe 
828 North H St., Lompoc 
2222 Bath St., Santa Barbara 
3757 State St., Santa Barbara 
914 Carpinteria St., Santa Barbara 
1110 East Clark Ave., Santa Maria 
1554 South Broadway, Santa Maria 
519 East Main St., Santa Maria 
720 North Broadway, Santa Maria 
3600 Sagunto St., Santa Ynez 
1571 Mission Dr., Solvang

Santa Clara County 
805 First St., Gilroy

Santa Cruz County 
3555 Clares St., Suite X, Capitola 
1915 Main St., Watsonville

Stanislaus County 
1407 I St., Modesto 
3801 Pelandale Ave., Suite E7, Modesto 
1305 Main St., Suite B, Newman 
2190 West Monte Vista Ave., Turlock

Sutter County 
1600 Butte House Rd., Yuba City

Tehama County
500 Luther Rd., Red Bluff

Tulare County
2005 East Prosperity Ave., Tulare 
3443 South Mooney Blvd., Visalia 
618 West Main St., Visalia

Ventura County
470 Arneill Rd., Camarillo 
146 West Los Angeles Ave., Moorpark 
410 Ventura Ave., Oak View 
1207 Maricopa Highway, Ojai 
156 West 5th St., Oxnard 
300 East Esplanade Dr., Suite 101, Oxnard 
1171 South Victoria Ave., Suite 2A, Ventura 
300 South Mills Rd., Ventura 
304 East Main St., Ventura 
3815 East Thousand Oaks Blvd., Suite A, Westlake Village

Yuba County 
230 9th St., Marysville