On Thursday, December 18, 2025, new unwrapped toys and gift cards will be delivered to the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital. Involved with collecting these will consist of members of The Vermont State Police St Albans & Williston Barracks, City of Burlington Fire Department, City of Burlington Police Department, Northwestern Unit for Special Investigations (NUSI), Burlington Electric Department, Colchester Police, Fire and Rescue Department, University of Vermont Rescue & Police Services, U.S. Marshals, Winooski Police & Fire Departments, Milton Police & Fire Department, Cambridge Rescue, Cambridge Fire Department, Cambridge Elementary School, Department of Corrections Chittenden County, Shaw’s Supermarket, Salon Elixir & Boutique, Fairfax Fire Department, Underhill/Jericho Fire Department, Vermont Department of Liquor Control, Global Foundries, Vermont Department of Agriculture, South Burlington Fire Department, Essex Junction Fire Department, Essex Town Fire Department, PuroClean, Highgate Fire Department HWPO GYM VT, Charlotte Volunteer Fire and Rescue Services, Coca Cola, Grand Isle Sheriff’s Department, Bourne’s Energy. Allenholm Farms, Pulcinella’s Restaurant, Georgia Fire Department, Chittenden Children’s Advocacy Center, TDI Repair & Towing and Burlington Physical Therapy.

“Operation Fire Cuffs” is a joint effort to collect “new” toys and or gift cards for the children at the University of Vermont Children's Hospital located at University of Vermont Medical Center. Check out Operation Fire Cuffs 2025 on Facebook and like and share the page. This is its fifteenth consecutive year.