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Meadowview Holding Toy Drive through Friday
Donate new toys for long-term patients at Comer Children's Hospital who can't go home for the holidays.
is hosting a toy drive through Friday, and they need your help!
Girl Scout Troop 064 is hosting the toy drive, which will go to Comer Children's Hospital.
The toy drive was the idea of one Meadowview student and a member of Troop 064 who spent some time at Comer's. She wanted to hold a toy drive to assist long-term patients at Comer's who are not able to return home for Christmas and whose families may not have money for presents after long-term illnesses of their children.
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If anyone wants to donate, bring a new toy in original packaging with tags to the Meadowview School Office or send it to school with your Meadowview student.
The wishlist for the toy drive is below.
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Wish List:
General Needs
- UNO cards
- Play-Doh (small party size containers)
- Bubbles in no-spill tumblers
- “I Spy” / “Look & Find” books
- Play Station III, X-Box 360, Wii and GameCube games (rated EC/E/E10+/T)
- Nintendo DS Lite game systems and games
- iPods, MP3 players, portable CD boom boxes
- New release DVD movies (rated G, PG, PG-13)
- Batteries -- AA, C, D, 9-volt
Infants/Toddlers
- All plastic toys: birth – 24 months
- Rattles
- Musical and light up toys
- Board books -- no fabric
Preschool/School-Age
- Art supplies and craft kits (glue or paint must be non-toxic)
- Medical play kits
- African-American baby dolls and Barbies (all plastic)
- Action figures
- Matchbox cars
Adolescents
- Teen support gift cards (Target, Best Buy, iTunes)
- Art supplies and craft kits (glue or paint must be non-toxic)
- Hand held electronic games (i.e., 20 Questions, Connect 4, Battleship…)
- Journals, scrapbooks
- Word search puzzle books, comic books and Sudoku
- Sorry, Monopoly, Connect 4
Donation Guidelines:
When donating, we ask that all items adhere to the following guidelines:
- Brand new (tags/packaging still on all items)
- Non-violent
- Durable and plastic
- Non-denominational
- Non-toxic
- Non-edible (no food please)
In efforts to adhere to safety and infection control guidelines, we are unable to accept:
- Fabric or handmade items
- Anything with latex
- Small rubber balls
- Magnetic toys
- Anything breakable (i.e., ceramic, glass)
- Candles
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