The South Texas Emergency Care Foundation is getting ready to deliver toys to children this holiday season.

The foundation is accepting toys for their 2nd annual Fill The Ambulance Christmas Toy Drive.

STEC is collecting new and unwrapped toys for pediatric patients that will be gifted to kids at Harlingen hospitals, and within the EMS company.

Last year, more than 300 gifts were collected. They hope to collect more this time around.

"We chose those patients because a hospital stay or ride in the ambulance can be a little intimidating, especially for little kids, so we just kinda want to give back to the community and make Christmas a little bit brighter for those kids," Community Health Paramedicine Project Coordinator McKenzie Curl said.

Toys are only being accepted until Friday, Dec. 15 at 4 p.m., and can be dropped off at one of the following locations in Harlingen:

Harlingen toy drop-off locations:

702 N. Loop 499

1705 Vermont