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Second Chance Toys of PA and the Philadelphia Phillies Collect Hundreds of Great Toys for the Kids at the Ballpark
The weather was wet but it did not dampen the spirits of the Second Chance Toys of PA family and partners, the Philadelphia Phillies. In celebration of Earth Day 2009, the intrepid SCT squad was on hand at the ballpark to collect toys from Phillies fans. Toy collection boxes were set up at seven entrances to the ballpark and hundreds of toys were collected for local children. Thanks to the Phillies and their fans for helping the environment and local children in need!
Second Chance Toys of PA Toy Donations Top 4,000!
For the past two years, teenagers Kyle and Cara Scott and their family have spearheaded the growth of Second Chance Toys of PA. Their grassroots efforts have paid off. Teaming with local families, schools, churches, companies and most recently the Philadelphia Phillies, the Scotts have now recycled over 4,000 gently used plastic toys and distributed them to young, deserving children in our community. It is a win for the environment and for young kids who need and deserve the toys to learn and have fun. Thank you to all who have lent a hand in this labor of love. Four thousand toys is a milestone number, but just the beginning!
Logan Head Start Students Receive Great Toys During Earth Week
Second Chance Toys of PA paid a visit to the seventy-two children at Logan Head Start on Thursday, April 23, and the kids were thrilled. With the transportation help of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, a truckload of great plastic toys were delivered to the children. It was like Christmas in April! Lots of happy faces on the day following Earth Day 2009.
Apr 24, 2009
Second Chance Toys of NYC Toy Donations Mark Earth Day and National Child Abuse Month
Jocelyn Goldberg, a 13-year-old Upper East Side student who founded the NY chapter of Second Chance Toys, has organized a citywide toy collection to mark Earth Week and National Child Abuse Month. Second Chance Toys is an organization that recycles gently used plastic toys by donating them to children in need. Schools, religious organizations and businesses throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn have mobilized drives to recycle plastic toys which do not biodegrade and often wind up in city landfills. Donations go to community based organizations serving families in need.
According to Jocelyn, "this drive gives kids a chance to help other kids through a program that focuses on those less fortunate and the environment. In a large city like NY, there can be a great disparity between those that have and those that don't. It is a great lesson for students to get involved and give up something of their own to help others."
Plastic toys are being collected and transported to local charities and community shelters by 1-800-GOT-Junk?, a full service junk removal company which has volunteered its trucks for transport.
Many of the of toys collected this week are being donated to the Prospect Family Support Center, a crisis center for women and children from Abused Families. According to Dona Anderson, Senior Program Associate & Camp Services Coordinator, "Homes for the Homeless provides early on-site childcare and childhood education to over 100 young homeless children every day. National Child Abuse Month is a special time of year that acknowledges the importance of families and communities working together to prevent child abuse in all its forms". For more information on Homes for the Homeless programs and services please go to go to http://www.homesforthehomeless.com/
Apr 23, 2009
Drive Will ‘Rob’ Landfills and Give to Needy Children
Madison fourth graders help children, and the environment
MADISON – A group of Madison fourth graders has teamed up with Investors Savings Bank at 16 Waverly Place to help children, and the environment.
Youngsters are being asked to bring gently used plastic toys to the Torey J Sabatini School, 359 Woodland Road, and the Kings Road School, 215 Kings Road, from Monday, April 20, through Thursday, April 24.
The school-based toy drive was the idea of fourth grader Paige Burnet, who was looking for a way to volunteer in a community service project. She found one on the Internet: the New Jersey-based nonprofit “Second Chance Toys,” which collects used plastic toys and distributes them to needy children.
According to the organization’s Web site, “Second Chance Toys is a community-based initiative which rescues unwanted plastic toys that are gently used and distributes them to less fortunate children through local community organizations, while at the same time, helping the environment.”
Explained Paige, “Needy children get toys, and less plastic ends up in the landfill.”
Paige recruited seven of her friends - Lydia Mutone, Jessica Sterkel, Caroline Glynn, Mackenzie Driscoll, Owen Matthews, Beatrice Stadler and Maura Henry – to help promote the project, and transport the toys.
Finding A Partner
As luck would have it, Paige discovered that in celebration of Earth Day, Investors Savings Bank was partnering with “Second Chance Toys” and setting up drop-off locations at all of its New Jersey branches.
Madison Branch Manager Marsha Ann Zimmerman agreed to allow the children to bring toys collected at their schools to the branch at 16 Waverly Place for pickup.
“We have plenty of space, and are happy to do what we can to help,” said Zimmerman. “This is a great program that helps both children and the environment.”
The final piece of the puzzle was setting up drop-off locations at the schools, and Superintendent of Schools Richard Noonan arranged for the Torey J Sabatini School and Kings Road School collection sites.
According to the “Second Chance Toys” Web site, “We focus on plastic toys - which don’t biodegrade in landfills - such as Little Tikes and Fisher Price brands that are clean and in working order.”
Youngsters are being asked to bring gently used plastic toys to the Torey J Sabatini School, 359 Woodland Road, and the Kings Road School, 215 Kings Road, from Monday, April 20, through Thursday, April 24.
The school-based toy drive was the idea of fourth grader Paige Burnet, who was looking for a way to volunteer in a community service project. She found one on the Internet: the New Jersey-based nonprofit “Second Chance Toys,” which collects used plastic toys and distributes them to needy children.
According to the organization’s Web site, “Second Chance Toys is a community-based initiative which rescues unwanted plastic toys that are gently used and distributes them to less fortunate children through local community organizations, while at the same time, helping the environment.”
Explained Paige, “Needy children get toys, and less plastic ends up in the landfill.”
Paige recruited seven of her friends - Lydia Mutone, Jessica Sterkel, Caroline Glynn, Mackenzie Driscoll, Owen Matthews, Beatrice Stadler and Maura Henry – to help promote the project, and transport the toys.
Finding A Partner
As luck would have it, Paige discovered that in celebration of Earth Day, Investors Savings Bank was partnering with “Second Chance Toys” and setting up drop-off locations at all of its New Jersey branches.
Madison Branch Manager Marsha Ann Zimmerman agreed to allow the children to bring toys collected at their schools to the branch at 16 Waverly Place for pickup.
“We have plenty of space, and are happy to do what we can to help,” said Zimmerman. “This is a great program that helps both children and the environment.”
The final piece of the puzzle was setting up drop-off locations at the schools, and Superintendent of Schools Richard Noonan arranged for the Torey J Sabatini School and Kings Road School collection sites.
According to the “Second Chance Toys” Web site, “We focus on plastic toys - which don’t biodegrade in landfills - such as Little Tikes and Fisher Price brands that are clean and in working order.”
Apr 17, 2009
A Toy Drive's Dual Lessons
Monday, April 13, 2009
NorthJersey.com
STAFF WRITER
HELP THE NEEDY AND RECYCLE, KIDS LEARN
The New Jersey Children's Museum in Paramus is in the midst of a second drive to collect toys for needy kids while at the same time teaching children the value of recycling.
As of Sunday, the museum had received a couple dozen donations as part of its collaboration with Second Chance Toys, a Mountainside charity that collects used plastic items and redistributes them to families who can't afford to buy toys.
"It teaches children to understand what recycling is, how they can help the environment while helping other children," said Josephine DaCosta, the museum's assistant manager. She added that the museum put on its first Second Chance Toys drive last April, when the staff decided they needed an environmental project to coincide with Earth Day.
"We collected about 250 toys last April," DaCosta said. That effort was so successful, she added, that the museum put on another drive around Thanksgiving – taking in 350 more.
The current collection campaign runs through this month but will be a major focus this weekend, which is just before Earth Day on April 22.
"We're having a recycling weekend next weekend, where we'll be teaching children how to take part in recycling," DaCosta said. "We're also going to be doing crafts using recycled materials and we'll have special music programs."
The museum is accepting plastic toys suitable for children up to age 6. "They must be of substantial size — no small pieces — and they have to be working. If they need batteries, they have to have batteries," DaCosta said. "We clean them up and disinfect them."
Anyone who brings a suitable toy to the museum receives a coupon for a free return visit.
Second Chance Toys, which was created three years ago by Sasha Lipton, then a Mountainside high school student who now attends Northwestern University, distributes the toys to local non-profits. DaCosta said this year's recipient organizations haven't been selected yet. Last year, she said, the toys were sent to Concerned Parents for Head Start in Paterson and the Bergenfield Head Start program.
CHRIS PEDOTA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Josephine DaCosta of the New Jersey Children's Museum in Paramus with donated toys. The museum's collection drive corresponds with Earth Day, which falls on April 22.
Apr 15, 2009
Apr 12, 2009
Brownstein Group Provides the Perfect Creative Touch for Second Chance Toys of PA!!
Thanks to Marc Brownstein and the fabulous creative team at Brownstein Group Brand Communications of Philadelphia for lending their services to Second Chance Toys of PA in support of upcoming Earth Day toy collections and donations. Have a look at their fabulous designs for signage to promote our organization's efforts to keep gently used plastic toys out of the landfills and get them into the appreciative hands of deserving children throughout our community. THANK YOU!!!
New York Kids Clubs Join Earth Week Toys Collection Efforts
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