Illinois Valley Toy Run set for Oct. 17

PRINCETON — The 17th Annual Illinois Valley Toy Run is set for Sunday, Oct. 17, at Soldiers and Sailors Park in Princeton.

The gates will open at 8 a.m. and run through 3 p.m. There will be a drivers meeting at 11:15 a.m.

Organizer Scott Bickett said the 40-mile round trip of classic cars will run through the Red Covered Bridge, City-County Park, Captain Swift Bridge, Pyscho Silo Saloon and Tiskilwa before returning to Princeton. Traffic control will be set up, he said.

“We get cars from all over … Southern Wisconsin, Chicago, Indiana, Iowa, all over,” Bickett said.

Entry fee is a new $10 unwrapped toy for a boy or girl of any age. There will be door prizes, a 50/50 drawing and music provided by AMC Sound DJ Service.

For more information, call 815-883-1901 or visit the Toy Run’s page on Facebook.