Towing companies throughout the Midwest gathered at the Hollywood Casino in Joliet, Illinois for the annual Tow Trucks for Tots parade on the second Sunday of November 2023, collecting toys for children ages 0-18 in what Guinness recognized as the world's largest tow truck parade in 2009, according to towtrucksfortots.com. Companies host fundraisers and place donation boxes at their businesses in the months before the event.
Operator takeaway
The world's largest tow truck parade is a toy drive — this is the event to point to when someone asks what the towing industry gives back to its community.