ANTIOCH – Good Family Tattoo, 198 W. Grass Lake Road in Antioch, is hosting its annual Toys for Tats from noon to 8 p.m. Dec. 12.
People can line up at the door with toys, gift cards or cash to spin the wheel. Some people just drop off toys and don’t spin the wheel.
On the wheel are gift cards for free piercings and $50 to $200 off a tattoo. The tattoo artists donate the gift cards.
Last year, the event collected more than $15,000 in toys, gift cards and cash.
The toys are given to the Antioch Traveling Closet, which invites about 150 needy families from Antioch schools to a private toy giveaway. Families pick out five to six gifts for their children so they have something under the Christmas tree to open.
A police officer from Waukegan picks up the leftover toys to hand out on Christmas Day at shelters in Waukegan.