Second Chance Toys

Rebekah Sills Lamm Joins Second Chance Toys as Development Director (@secondchancetoy)

 
We are absolutely trilled to have Rebekah Sills Lamm join the Second Chance Toys team to help us focus on areas of growth and development. Rebekah has worked in the non-profit world since completing graduate school in 2007, specifically in education. She has served as a community trainer, youth advocate, and community liaison, which makes Second Chance Toy (SCT) a perfect fit for her passions and her background. Rebekah loves the dual giving aspect of SCT allowing people to help the environment and children simultaneously. She looks forward to helping SCT grow into a national organization and reach its amazing potential.

We're really excited to have you as part of our SCT team Rebekah!!

PLEASE HELP Children and the Environment. (@secondchancetoy)

 
Do you KNOW ANYONE that would like to put their smarts to use by getting involved with us as a volunteer. Second Chance Toys is a 501c3 charitable organization that recycles gently used plastic toys by donating them to children in need. We are looking for volunteers who could help out with any of the following areas of need:

• Identify companies that could serve as national drop off locations
• Research foundations that have grant money we could apply for
• Organize SCT information on Excel spreadsheets
• Make calls to organizations during toy drives
• Research Mommy Bloggers and Moms’ Clubs
• Help us connect with Girl or Boy Scouts of America regional or national headquarters.

Thanks in advance for passing this along to anyone who might be interested in getting involved and working with an organization that has children and the environment as their mission. They should please get in touch with Bronna at blipton@secondchancetoys.org to set up a time to discuss.

Thanks to 1-800-Got-Junk?, Over 10,000 Kids Received Second Chance Toys In Time for the Holidays

 
Thanks for all you do. You guys Rock!!

Still Time to Make a 2010 Tax-Deductible Contribution to Second Chance Toys!!

Thanks to committed partners like you, Second Chance Toys makes a real difference in the lives of disadvantaged children and our environment. But there's still so much work to be done.

 

Now, before 2010 ends, won't you please make a special year-end gift to Second Chance Toys?

 

Your gift supports all the work we do which leads to days of happiness among deserving children and great benefits to our environment – and you will also receive a valuable tax-deduction for 2010.

 

So please, make your gift to Second Chance Toys now. And if your year-end donation is already on its way... you have our deepest thanks!

Every kid can be a hero

 
Check out what a Chicago mom blogger has to say about Second Chance Toys http://kids-help-kids.blogspot.com/

Mommy Blogger Starts Newest Affiliate: Second Chance Toys of Chicago

 
Second Chance Toys is proud to announce another important affiliate to our line up. Mommy blogger, Alison Ray, is a wife, mommy and business owner raising two daughters city style.  In 2009 Alison launched the premier resource and social event group for sassy, sophisticated moms, Sassy Moms in the City (SMITC).

Alison officially kicked off the Chicago affiliate of Second Chance Toys this summer by asking guests, at her daughter’s birthday party, to donate gently used plastic toys in lieu of a gift. Toys were then donated to the West Side Future YMCA.

 
Alison is truly all about helping to REDUCE clutter, REUSE toys and RECYCLE happiness! She notes, “Second Chance Toys offers parents an outlet to not only free up space in their own lives, but to recycle and repurpose their unneeded toys and brighten the day of children of need within their own community.”

For more information about donations in the Chicago area, visit her website, the Second Chance Toys website, or contact Alison directly at sassymoms@metromeg.com.