LAKEWOOD — Kathryn Colvin, a local Edward Jones financial advisor, is supporting the Marine Corp Toys for Tots program by using her office as a drop-off location for this year’s toy drive.

Local residents may help needy children in the area by bringing in a new, unwrapped toy to the office, 305 E. Fairmount Ave., Lakewood, during regular business hours through Dec. 13.

“With the holiday season around the corner, we are all getting ready for the festivities,” Colvin said. “And as this is the season of giving, now is a great time to remember the less fortunate in our community.”

Edward Jones, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in St. Louis, provides financial services in the U.S. and, through its affiliate, in Canada. Every aspect of the firm’s business, from the investments its financial advisors offer to the location of its branch offices, caters to individual investors.

The firm’s 18,000-plus financial advisors serve more than seven million clients and care for $1 trillion in assets under management.