The holiday season is soon approaching, and on Wednesday, Oct. 15, the Chris Wolf Show will host Joan Vargas, the Toys for Tots volunteer coordinator for Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties. The show will be broadcast on WRFR Community Radio, Channel 7 Maine Coast TV, and streamed live on www.mainecoast.tv/streaming, 7 to 8 a.m.

Vargas, of Thomaston, is a lifelong volunteer serving in her children’s schools, with the Marine Corp League, the humane society and the Thomaston Dog Park Association.

As history has proven time and time again, Marines do not do anything halfway.  Since 1947, Marines have distributed more than 494 million toys and brought the joy of Christmas and a message of hope to more than 230 million children.

Today, nationally, Marine Corp units collect and distribute an average of 18 million toys to an average of 7 million children each year.

Locally, in 2014, Toys for Tots distributed 8,565 toys in Knox, Lincoln and Waldo counties to 2,288 children.

VIDEO: To watch the show live, go to MaineCoast.tv/streaming or watch later on Channel 7. Maine Coast TV is located on Time Warner Channel 7 on converter boxes and set top boxes and on Channel 121-7 on digital TVs without set top boxes. The broadcast is available to all Time Warner subscribers in Knox County, Maine, including the islands of North Haven and Vinalhaven.  And the recorded show will be available afterwards on www.MaineCoast.tv web site.

AUDIO: To listen to the show, WRFR 99.3 FM Camden or 93.3 FM Rockland, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday shows with news from PenBayPilot.com. Or, stream the audio live WRFR.org or TuneIn.com athttp://tunein.com/radio/Radio-Free-Rockland-933-s14055/ or on the TuneIn app or your iPhone or Android.

The Chris Wolf Show is a joint project of PenBay Pilot, WRFR FM Community Radio and Maine Coast TV Community Television. If you have questions or comments for the show, call between 7 and 8 a.m., 207-594-0721, or email Wolf before or during the show atTheChrisWolfShow@gmail.com. We hope to see you listening, watching and commenting!