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Residents and businesses rallied Wednesday to aid the Salvation Army after $2-million in toys disappeared from the organization’s north Toronto warehouse.

Police have yet to lay any charges in the disturbing and “complex” case — which spanned two years and involved the alleged theft of about 100,000 children’s toys — but the Salvation Army this week terminated executive director David Rennie.

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“We have literally been inundated with calls, people wanting to help the Salvation Army [and those] who need assistance in our community,” Maj. John Murray told reporters inside the Railhouse Road warehouse and distribution centre, stuffed from floor to ceiling with toys. “I can assure you that anyone in need this Christmas will be helped… We’re committed to doing what we do.”

Revelations about the missing toys first emerged in August, when a whistleblower pointed to “irregularities” at the Railhouse Road facility. A subsequent forensic audit uncovered evidence of an alleged theft and fraud, and in late September, the Salvation Army turned the probe over to Toronto police, who are continuing to investigate.