On the first two Mondays of December Lawrence city crews will pick up new, unwrapped toys for the less fortunate, the city said in a news release.

On Dec. 7 and Dec. 14, crews from Lawrence’s Solid Waste Division will collect the donations along its regularly scheduled yard waste collection routes, the release said. Donations should be placed next to yard waste by 6 a.m. on either Monday.

All toys collected will be given to the Lawrence Police Department’s Blue Santa Program, the release said. Founded in 2011, the Blue Santa Program provides toys and food to Lawrence residents in need.

This is the third year the Solid Waste Division has collected toys. Last year 775 toys were collected, the city said.

Those who do not wish to place donations near the curb or those who do not have residential yard waste collection may drop off donations at any Toys for Tots collection bins, the release said. A full list of drop-off locations can be found online at lawrence-ks.toysfortots.org.

If yard waste collection is canceled due to weather on either Monday the donations will not be collected, the release said. If collections are canceled, donation instructions will be posted online at lawrenceks.org/swm.