Help Needed with Donation of New Toys from My Daughter's 7Th Birthday

I would hold on to them until Christmas time -- there are so many organizations that need new toys. And Christmas is just right around the corner.

I know Salvation Army Angel Tree needs help. And the Douglass Community Center in Plano does their own Christmas Angel tree for their kids in their community - those less fortunate. We went with our church group one year and got to actually help pass out our presents to the kids. This was like at the beginning to mid December.

I would hold on to them until Christmas as well. The hospital I am working in (big Baylor downtown) every year has an Angel Tree - where you pick a name from it with child's age and interest and then you drop off your donation around a particular timeframe. It goes to very needy families. I am sure other hospitals do it too.

That is so sweet and selfless of your daughter. I just recently learned of a ministry called The Christmas Store that is accepting donations of new toys for less fortunate families to give to their children. The web address is:(www.christmasstore.org) You may also try McKinney's Samaritan Purse for more recommendations. Please let your daughter know that her acts of kindness made my daughter's heart smile. I hope she will be blessed, as well.

You can call the DFPS (Dept Family & Protective Svcs), get their number off the internet and ask them where their local Rainbow Rooms are. Rainbow rooms are places where CPS workers take children who are abused and worse. Sometimes the situation can be volatile when they are trying to help a child and they then take the child to a rainbow room where they are bathed, fed, clothed, etc etc and they are often given a backpack of new toys, etc. I haven't seen one myself yet but a friend of mine who works as a supervisor for CPS told me about them. Supposedly JC Penney is a big contributor to these places, providing clothing and other items for these children before they are on their way to foster care. I plan on looking into myself for my own children to donate to because I, like you, would love for them to be able to see how they are helping first hand. Good Luck!

There is the Samaritan Inn in McKinney which would probably be a great place for this. What an awesome gift that your daughter is giving!! Here is a link to their web page.
http://www.thesamaritaninn.org/

Hi, J.,

My daughter did the same thing for her birthday in February. We chose the Children's Advocacy Center in Plano, which serves Allen as well. It's on the SW corner of Los Rios and Park (might be 15th) and the Rainbow Room is housed in that building.

If you're not familiar with what they do, check out their web site at www.cacplano.org.

Have fun - I know we did!

K. in Frisco

Have you tried Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children or any of the other local hospitals?