Metro Bus, St. Cloud, MN, collected more than one ton of food and more than $1,400 in 18 hours during its “Fill the Flyer” Food Drive. Metro Bus Executive Director Ryan Daniel, third from right, joins agency employees, Boy Scout volunteers, and Santa Claus outside the collection bus.

DART First State participated in a radio station’s “12 Days of Christmas” toy drive by providing a bus to serve as a collection point for Toys for Tots in a store parking lot in Rehoboth Beach, DE. Donations included thousands of toys, 57 bikes, 60 winter coats, and numerous bags of hats, gloves, and scarves. In addition, DART First State employees donated more than 90 toys at Toys for Tots collection boxes in all agency facilities statewide.

The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority’s (MARTA) Charity Club Holiday Shop provided more than 600 bicycles and 11,000 other toys this year. MARTA employees who participate in the voluntary club give year-round. The group has raised nearly three-quarters of a million dollars for more than 400 ­Atlanta-area charities and nonprofits.

Festively dressed participants in the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada’s (RTC) Holiday Bike Ride pose with the toys they donated to a Las Vegas radio station’s annual toy drive for local children. The 10-mile, round-trip ride began and ended at the RTC’s Westcliff Transit Center.

Employees of Dallas Area Rapid Transit joined local print and broadcast partners in stuffing a bus with toys, canned goods, socks and blankets to benefit two employee-organized charitable campaigns.

The Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART) collected $5,300 from its riders during Fares for Food Day—enough for the Food Bank of Iowa to provide 23,850 meals. Food Bank of Iowa Executive Director Carey Miller, center, accepts the check from DART officials, from left: Planning Director Jim Tishim, Commission Chairman Steve Van Oort, General Manager Elizabeth Presutti, Marketing Director Kirstin Baer-Harding, Chief Financial Officer Jamie Schug, and Public Affairs Manager Gunnar Olson.