November 13, 2026

AOTB’s Annual Santa Fest and Toy Collection

Sunday, December 13, 2026

Toy Drop off 3 - 4:30pm

Santa’s arrival around 5pm

Plan now to join your neighbors again along our Magnolia Avenue Beach for what has become one of our signature community-building and charitable events, our participation in the Annapolis Santa Run Toy Drive while we make a party of it with our very own Santa Fest.

Every year since 2011, our community has joined in fellowship and public-spirited concern for local children who have so much less than our own.

The seemingly ever-increasing number of kids in strife-torn area across the globe have very little to look forward to this Holiday Season as so many have lost their homes, families, and their very lives. Most of us can’t do much to fix the world, but we can do something very positive in our own small space—Anne Arundel County.

As part of that effort, Lt. Mike Williams of the Annapolis Fire Department and his band of volunteer firefighters, Emergency Medical Technicians, and law enforcement officers have taken over Santa Run duties and will be collecting your generous donations in the form of unwrapped toys, games, books, puzzles, sporting gear, and anything else your own kids might like to see under their trees, for distribution to county kids who have so much less than our own.

Santa Run is a big operation! Fire trucks collect donated items from dozens of locations. Last year over 250 volunteers made it happen and over 550 kids received gifts. For some, it might have been their only holiday gift.

By joining your kids at this event, parents will also have a unique opportunity to model the true spirit of this season—giving rather than receiving.

It was cold and snowy at Santa Fest 2025.

2025 toy haul at Magnolia Beach

So please help us surpass last year’s generosity and, starting at 3pm, walk, drive, or cycle to our Magnolia Avenue beach between Cohasset and Narragansett to drop off as many bundles of cheer as you can possibly afford.

Give Santa and his elves something memorable to haul away in their sleighs when they arrive at approximately 5pm to get up-close-and-personal with the best bunch of neighbors in the county... us!

After folks drop off their gifts, and as we await the Jolly Old Gent 🎅🏻 riding into town in his bell-and-siren-equipped fire-sleigh 🚒, we can enjoy the traditional sugar fest, carols, and other goodies that Party-Person-in-Chief, Lori Strum, arranges each year.

Volunteers to help make this happen are always welcome so please let David Delia know that you’ll be available to come early and stay late to help with traffic control, set-up, and clean-up operations.

H🔴, H🟢, H⚪️!