Toy drives ?

[i-leonardo.livejournal.com]

I'm looking to donate to one or more local holiday toy drives, anyone know of one or more going on ?

Thanks !

Comments

[ron_newman]

The Somerville one is Toys for Local Children.

[i-leonardo.livejournal.com]

thanks !

[noire.livejournal.com]

St. James Church (on Mass. Ave and Beech St.) does one, but their collection was last Sunday...Next year...(they're a very liberal, inclusive, service oriented group. I'm not a member--I'm not even Christian--and I find them welcoming and their charity work honest and effective.)

[i-leonardo.livejournal.com]

will keep it mind for next year, thanks !

[glass-moment.livejournal.com]

Action for Boston Community Development has a bunch of drop-off sites, including one on Elm Street: http://bostonabcd.org/holiday-toy-drive.aspx

[i-leonardo.livejournal.com]

cool !

[kelkyag]

The highland branch of the East Cambridge Savings Bank has a collection box for the "Somerville Housing Authority 9th Annual Toy Drive".

[i-leonardo.livejournal.com]

good stuff, thanks !

[ron_newman]

ECSB is also collecting for Toys for Local Children, so it looks like you can contribute to two different toy drives at that bank branch.

[koloratur.livejournal.com]

We have donated to Child's Play (http://www.childsplaycharity.org/) several times, and probably will again this year. It looks like Children's Hospital Boston is the nearest Hospital:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3BI2LVVRH4KZG/?ie=UTF8&tag=childsplaycha-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325

(Deleted my first comment because I am bad at urls.)

[i-leonardo.livejournal.com]

thanks for the word !

[srakkt.livejournal.com]

I know for a fact that 1st Bn 25th Marines' Remain-Behind Element is doing Toys for Tots.

[rmd.livejournal.com]

It looks like all the drop-off events listed on the 25th Marines web page (http://www.marines.mil/unit/marforres/4thMarDiv/25thMar/Pages/25thMarinesToysForTotsProgram.aspx) all seem to be out around or past 495. However, there are toys for tots drop-offs (http://www.mass.gov/eopss/agencies/msp/toys-for-tots.html) at all state police barracks.

[i-leonardo.livejournal.com]

thank you both !

[enhf94.livejournal.com]

West Somerville dental has a box in the lobby, I think they want "unopened, unwrapped."

[i-leonardo.livejournal.com]

"unopened, unwrapped" never goes out of style at toy drives ;-)
thanks!