Spread joy this holiday season and donate to the Andrew L. Hicks Jr. Foundation‘s 8th annual Toy Drive, now through Wednesday, December 13.
The Foundation is in need of 2,000 new and unwrapped toys for its Christmas Toy Store on Saturday, December 16. More than 400 children from Chester, Pa. are individually selected to “shop” in the toy store for their Christmas presents. For some of these children, these may be the only gifts they receive this Christmas.
Following their shopping experience, the kids can bring the toys out to their parents. The parents then take the toys to the wrapping station. While the parents wrap, the children can enjoy hot cocoa.
In addition to toys, the Foundation is also collecting new and gently used gifts for mom, dad and other special people in the children’s lives, so the children can shop for family members and also get to experience the joy of gift-giving. See a list of suggested items for adults here.
Here’s a list of suggested toys to donate, but any type of toy can be donated:
- STEM learning toys
- Basketballs, footballs, baseballs, baseball mitts, soccer balls
- Sports equipment
- Legos
- NERF toys
- Lasertag
- Craft kits
- African American dolls, doll clothes and accessories
- Electronic cars/animals
- Play-Doh kits
- Jewelry making kits
- Shopkins sets
- Action figures, Disney characters, Star Wars, Barbie dolls, Pokemon
- Dress-up kits
- Room decor
- New stuffed animals
- Electronic games (batteries included)
- “Fun” alarm clocks.
Please consider donating toys for children ages 5–12 (pre-school through 7th grade). You can drop off your toy donations to the following locations:
- Hicks’ House: 914 Kenmara Dr., West Chester
- Persick’s House: 930 North Hill Dr., West Chester
- Franco’s House: 910 Kirby Dr., West Chester
- Fuget’s House: 436 Spruce Dr., Exton
- Dowling’s House: 301 Tapestry Circle, Exton
Additional drop off locations can be found here. If you are interested in volunteering at the toy store event, click here to register.
Please consider giving to those in need this holiday season through the Andrew L. Hicks Jr. Foundation‘s 8th annual Toy Drive!
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