Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Shanna Cox, left, helps MS Ambrogio North America employee Emily Hendriksen carry one of many boxes of toys and gifts to a nearly full Northeast Charter & Tour Co. bus Tuesday afternoon at the Auburn facility. Employees and management of the company have been collecting money and items all year for the Stuff the Bus campaign held by the chamber. Chamber staffers rode the bus all day collecting items from businesses and organizations for distribution to needy families. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Shanna Cox, right, is surrounded Tuesday by chamber staff and gifts after one of several stops at area businesses for the annual Stuff the Bus campaign. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal