Bring the Holiday Cheer to Children Facing "Yuck"
We believe that every child should be able to wake up to the magic of Christmas regardless the circumstance they face. During the Holiday Season, we work closely with our foster care and hospital connections to bring Holiday Cheer and Joy into the "yuck" and uncertainty the children and teens they serve may face.
Each year, we gather and shop for organizations based upon their unique needs. In past years, we have worked with Akron Children's Hospital, Aultman Hospital, Project KARE, Pathway Caring for Children, Caring for Kids, and Rainbow Babies. Stay tuned for our 2024 list!
Although we work with organizations year-round, Christmas is still a HUGE deal around here! Check out the great ways to join forces with us to help spread contagious smiles and joy with us this Holiday Season.
Ways to Get Involved
2024 Bear Drive
Each year we partner up with Keillor's A Teddy Bear Shoppe to bring the best and cuddliest stiffed animals around!
All stuffed animals will be delivered just in time for Christmas to children at Akron Children’s Hospital and Aultman Hospital. These children may be more susceptible to certain allergens. This is why it is important to us to keep all of the furry friends as brand new as possible. Our partnership with Keillor’s help ensures that this requirement is met.
We will 100% match (up to $5k) all purchases and donations towards this initiative. You can donate in store at Keillor's or online. Click here to learn more!
Shop Our Christmas Wish-List
Not only do we keep up on the latest trends and in-demand toys, but we also make sure that the toys are suitable for children within hospitals or foster care homes/facilities with space or allergen restrictions. You can shop directly through our Amazon Wish List, and we will make sure the toys get delivered to the kids just in time for Christmas! No need to go out to shop nor to schedule a donation drop-off.
Stay tuned for our Amazon Christmas Wish List!
Donate
You can donate directly to our organization and our Christmas Toy budget. With your monetary support, we can extend our reach during our BIGGEST shopping trip of the year: The Annual Great Walmart Takeover! Here our staff, connections, and volunteers take over a local Walmart to shop the toys most in-demand by our partner at Akron Children's Hospital.
You can donate directly to the Children's Toy Fund, Inc. via our donate page. All donations are 100% tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Toy Drives
We work with organizations and businesses to conduct Toy Drives and collect other NEW toys through various methods. If you want to get involved in a way not outlined above, please contact us and our Director will reach back out to discuss things further.
Current Toy Drives
We are excited to announce that Royal Family Motors is currently hosting a Toy Drive in benefit of us! Find a location near you and contact them to find out more.
Play Bingo
Our state-licensed bingo game funds the majority of our organization's activities year-round. Every time you play bingo with us, you are directly helping us further our mission of bringing joy, smiles, and laughter to children facing difficulties. Find out more about our game.
Get Involved - F.A.Q.'s
We accept dollars and new, unused toys towards our drops.
Thank you! Please contact us using the form below. Our Director will contact you to discuss further.
BRAND NEW toy donations are always welcome beginning middle of October through the end of November. We stop accepting donations for our holiday drops December 5.
Absolutely! For easier online fundraisers, we are a part of the PayPal Giving Fund.
Fantastic! Please contact us using the form below to begin the coordination process.
Absolutely! Please get in touch with us using the form below.
Fill out our contact form below to schedule a drop off.
Any current 'hot' kids, Disney, or Marvel movie items are always at the top of the list. Other ideas include:
Crafts:
Coloring books
Crayola Crayons, Colored Pencils, Markers, Sidewalk Chalk
Small Kid-Craft Kits
Play-Doh and Play-doh sets
Games:
Board Games
Card Games (Uno Especially)
Building:
Lego Sets (any type)
STEM / Builder Sets
Figures, etc:
Character Toys (Disney, Pixar, Nickelodeon, Paw Patrol, Super Heroes, Princesses, etc)
Barbies / Baby Dolls (All Ethnicities)
Dinosaurs
Animal sets
Matchbox Cars
Misc.
Fun Cups, straws, tea sets (helps encourage drinking fluids in the hospital setting)
Fisher Price / Vtech (any)
Jigsaw Puzzles
Nerf Balls
Stress Balls
We cannot accept USED or UNBOXED/NON-TAGGED items. We cannot accept political or religious items.
We prefer stuffed animals through our Bear Drive Initiative that runs November through early December. We do not send out any stuffed animals that we have received in other toy drives to hospitals due to potential allergens.
Join us for an evening of BINGO! Believe it or not, the bulk of our funding comes through our state licensed bingo game! We play year-round every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday evening at our location in Canton, OH.
Contact Us
Akron Children's Hospital Christmas Donations
2023
2023 Delivery Day at Akron Children's Hospital
4,600 toys were delivered to the hospital just in time for the holiday festivities with Santa. Fox 8 News covered the delivery, see the story here.
The Great Castle Build of 2023
Every year our team steps back to build a giant castle with the haul from our local Wal-mart.
The Great Walmart Takeover of 2023
Our annual holiday takeover of our local Walmart that specifically purchases an array of items for Akron Children's Hospital.
2022
holiday video media
Part One - The Great Store Takeover 2022
Every year, we invite staff, volunteers, board members, and community friends to "take-over" a store in our community for our largest shopping event of the year. This year, we took over wal-mart with over 30 people, spent over $15,500, and purchased 1,249 items for Akron Children's Hospital.
Part Two - The Great Castle Build 2022
After unbagging and sorting through 1,249 various items that our team purchased at Wal-mart for Akron Children's Hospital, we built a castle because that's the only thing that makes sense to us. Stay tuned for PART THREE - Delivery
Part Three - A Christmas Delivery to ACH
Delivery Day at Akron Children's Hospital. This delivery included 1,249 items from Wal-Mart, 305 stuffed animals from Keillor's A Teddy Bear Shoppe - Canal Fulton, Ohio from the Bear Drive and bulk-sourced items directly from manufacturer PlayMonster Fun, local vendor Sir Troy's Toy Kingdom, local vendor The Captivating Closet. Also included were various items collected from ten Starbucks across district 1985 Akron East. All in all, we sent 3,715 items to the hospital's doors.
The ACH child life specialists will choose items catered to each child's interests and wrap them in time for Santa to hand-deliver them for Christmas. It is our privilege to be able to do this year-round for organizations across Northeast Ohio. Thank you for your continued support which makes all of this possible!
2022 holiday Photo Gallery
2021
Christmas, 2021
Christmas, 2021 Videos
2021 Shopping for ACH
Behind the scenes with our crew on our 2021 Shopping, Sorting, and Boxing for Akron Children's Hospital
2021 Delivery Day for ACH
Behind the scenes of Delivery Day at Akron Children's Hospital.
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