Second Chance Toys

Earth Week Toy Drives Announced in NJ, NY, PA and IL

Find a location near you and help do good and green. Our planet and many disadvantaged children will thank you dearly!

Go ahead........lend a hand!

World Series Champion Philadelphia Phillies Set to Hold Drive for Second Chance Toys

Philadelphia Phillies to hold toy drive at Citizens Bank Park, April 22 pre-game collection (game begins at 7:00P). For details click here

Barbara Martins-Archiello Joins Second Chance Toys as a Volunteer

 

Barbara Martins-Achiello is providing much needed support, enabling Second Chance Toys to rescue a growing number of plastic toys to help reach more disadvantaged children. Here is her story which we hope will inspire others to offer much needed volunteer support. 

My name is Barbara Martins-Archiello. I am a married mother of 2 girls from Toms River, NJ.  Last holiday season I was looking to make room for new toys, and realized that I had a lot of toys that were practically new but my girls just weren't interested in them anymore.  And since most of my friends have boys, I really could not give them all of my pink stuff. So I started to look for women's shelters or children's organizations in my area to donate them to, but I quickly found out that they would only accept new toys in the original packaging. I was going to store them in my garage for the spring and arrange for a yard sale but then I came across the Second Chance Toys website. After reading about the organization and how it started and looking at all of the pictures of less fortunate kids holding their "new" toys, it really inspired me not only to donate my toys to them but also to get involved in helping this great organization.  I really believe in recycling to help the environment and I also really believe in helping others less fortunate. Therefore this was the perfect organization for me to get involved in.

Thanks to Barbara for helping us make a difference!!

St Elizabeth’s Church in Wyckoff, NJ Collects Second Chance Toys for Children of Honduras

St Elizabeth’s Church in Wyckoff, NJ recently held a Second Chance Toys collection and was able to donate 200 toys to the children of Honduras. Pictured here are some of the toys that were loaded up to be shipped to Central America.

 

Earth Week Drives - 2009 

Toy rescue and collection efforts will coincide with Earth Week during April. Find a program and drop-off location nearest you for your gently used plastic toys (please note: only clean plastic toys!).

New Jersey

Investors Savings Bank: 53 branches statewide, (April 18 - Apil 25), For details click here   

NJ Children's Museum: Paramus, (April 1 - April 30), For details click here

Paramus Congregational Church: Paramus, (April 20 - April 23, 9:00A - 11:00A; April 25, 9:00A - 12:00P)

Evergreen School: Scotch Plains, (April 21, 8:30A - 9:30A), Front of school 

Knights of Columbus: Union, (April 24 - April 25, 9:00A - 3:00P; April 26, 12:00P - 3:00P) For details click here

Moorestown Mall, Voorhees Town Center, Brandywine Realty Trust, Kaiserman Company: For details click here

New York

New York Kids Clubs: (April 13 - April 17 & April 20 - 24), For details click here

Student Collections: Hewitt School, French Lycee, Temple Shaaray Tefila

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Phillies: Citizens Bank Park, April 22 pre-game collection (game begins at 7:00P). For details click here

Liberty Property Trust: (April 24), For details click here 

Illinois

(Donations will go to the YWCA of Lake County to benefit low income families)

Cartridge World: (March 16- April 22)

        Gurnee: 5250 Grand Ave, (Across Great America)
        Crystal Lake: 17 Crystal Lake, Suite E
        Algonquin: 432 South Randal

Norstates Bank: (March 16- April 22)

Round Lake Beach: 1777 Cedar Lake Rd.

 

        

Help Us Grow: Get Involved!

DONATE TOYS: Plastic only, must be clean, no small or missing parts and battery powered toys must be fully operational. Check back for our growing list of drop-off locations.

VOLUNTEER: If you know of friends, families, students, businesses, organizations, scouts, or religious groups that are looking for a great team-building community service project, please let us know or click on Second_Chance_Toys_Getting_Started_Kit.pdf. Contact us at slipton@secondchancetoys.org.

CREATE CONNECTIONS: If you know of an organization serving disadvantaged children that can benefit from a donation of Second Chance Toys, please contact us at slipton@secondchancetoys.org. We love to see those smiling faces!!

SPREAD THE WORD: Please let others know about Second Chance Toys by passing on our information to help create a groundswell of interest and support!!

BECOME A SPONSOR: Your company can GET GREEN and garner media exposure by providing support or sponsoring a project on our site or community wide effort. Let's start the conversation soon!!

Together we can really make a difference!!!