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It鈥檚 not uncommon to see a U-Haul truck parked at a storage unit. But on Monday morning, one particular U-Haul was making two very special deliveries.

Employees from Nusenda Credit Union dropped off boxes and boxes of toys donated by community members to a storage facility on Monday morning. The donations, gathered during the credit union鈥檚 sixth annual toy drive, will benefit University of New Mexico Children鈥檚 Hospital patients.

The idea to start a toy drive at Nusenda was actually the employees鈥�, according to Sara Keller, the credit union鈥檚 vice president of community engagement. 鈥淥ur employees wanted to do something during the holiday season, so they brought (this idea) to us,鈥� she said.

Since then, the toy drive has grown ever larger. This year, Nusenda鈥檚 24 locations across New Mexico collected toys for both UNM Children鈥檚 Hospital and, led by its Las Cruces branch, for Jardin de los Ni帽os, a Las Cruces nonprofit, early childhood education program.

鈥淣usenda has been around for a really long time, and at the core of our history is community and giving back,鈥� Keller said. 鈥淲e hope we can provide a little bit of joy for families who are experiencing probably one of the hardest holiday seasons they鈥檒l have.鈥�

After Nusenda鈥檚 efforts, Children鈥檚 Miracle Network collects the donated toys at various storage units for distribution at UNM Children鈥檚 Hospital-affiliated sites. There are 48 total care units on site at UNM Children鈥檚 Hospital and at clinic locations around Albuquerque that receive the donated toys.

Lauren Kenig, program director for Children鈥檚 Miracle Network at UNM Children鈥檚 Hospital, explained that each UNM Children鈥檚 Hospital clinic and care unit fills out an order prior to the toy drive collection, letting her team know the age groups they serve and some of their patients鈥� toy preferences.

From there, Kenig鈥檚 team sorts through the donations and fills bags with toys they feel are appropriate for a particular unit or clinic. The bags of toys are then set aside for pickup by representatives from each clinic or care unit, where they load up their cars with the presorted toy bags and ultimately hand them out to their patients. Roughly 3,000 toys have been collected and will be distributed this year, according to Kenig.

Photos: Children's Miracle Network collects donated toys for UNM Children's Hospital

鈥淲e give the toys to doctors and the nurses so they have a chance to give back to their patients and create some smiles for their patients during the holidays,鈥� Kenig said.

While the window to donate toys through the toy drive has ended, Kenig encourages the public to continue donating toys to UNM Children鈥檚 Hospital by calling its volunteer services department. Volunteer services will collect the toys and ensure they go to kids in need.

鈥淲e鈥檙e just enormously thankful,鈥� Kenig said. 鈥淭he fact that people stop and they think about other people in their community says a lot about our state of New Mexico.鈥�