Claude Marichal, left, and Rick Lessard pull a cart of toys Tuesday out of Elmet Technologies to a waiting bus in Lewiston. Marichal and Lessard shopped after collecting $3,390 from company employees and a match from the company during the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce annual Stuff the Bus toy drive. Elmet has participated in the program the past eight years and the giving has grown. “It used to be a little box in the lunchroom,” Marichal said. Chamber members and a bus from Northeast Charter collected toys from participating businesses Tuesday. The gifts will be distributed to families in need through the chamber’s nonprofit partners. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Katie Palmer and Brian Pickard load toys on a bus Tuesday at Tri-County Mental Health Services in Lewiston during the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce annual Stuff the Bus toy drive. Chamber members and a bus from Northeast Charter collected toys from participating businesses throughout the day. The gifts will be distributed to families in need through the chamber’s non-profit partners. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Katie Palmer, left, and Diane Jasud load a child’s bicycle onto the Northeast Charter bus Tuesday at Elmet Technologies in Lewiston during the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce annual Stuff the Bus toy drive. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Shanna Cox, president of the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, gives Elmet Technologies employee Tina Albert-Dumond, right, a hug Tuesday. Elmet started participating in the Stuff the Bus toy drive eight years ago. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Employees of Tri-County Mental Health Services donated children’s gifts Tuesday for the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce annual Stuff the Bus toy drive. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Shanna Cox, center, president of the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce, heads over to thank Claude Marichal as Marichal brings out a cart full of toys Tuesday at Elmet Technologies in Lewiston. Marichal and Rick Lessard (not pictured) shopped after collecting $3,390 from company employees and a match from the company during the chamber’s annual Stuff the Bus toy drive. Elmet has participated in the drive the past eight years and the giving has grown. “It used to be a little box in the lunchroom,” Marichal said. Chamber members and a bus from Northeast Charter collected toys from participating businesses throughout the day. The gifts will be distributed to families in need through the chamber’s nonprofit partners. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal