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TIF to Collect Toy Donations at Toy Fair
Monday, January 31st, 2011
The Toy Industry Foundation (TIF) will once again close the American International Toy Fair with a Toy Bank collection, to be held Thursday, February 16. At the close of the show each year, TIF works with Kids in Distressed Situations (K.I.D.S.) to scour the showroom floor, collecting toys for children in need. Volunteers will be wearing bright orange T-shirts. Following the show, toys will be sent to New York City children’s charities and TIF national partners.
To participate, visit TIF at Booth No. 5201 on Level 1 or the TIA Information Center on Level 3. Or, submit the 2011 Toy Fair Product Donation Agreement, found here, by email or fax.
Tags: K.I.D.S., Kids in Distressed Situations, TIF, Toy Fair, Toy Industry Foundation
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
TIF and BGCA Kick Off Holiday Season with Toy Distribution
Monday, October 25th, 2010
In time for Thanksgiving, representatives from the Toy Industry Foundation (TIF) and Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) will deliver new toys and games to more than 5,000 children at Florida’s MacDill Air Force Base.
The event, to be held November 17, will be the latest and largest event during the first year of the new TIF-BGCA Play Comforts partnership. Senior MacDill Air Force officials will be on-hand to accept the toys on behalf of the Air Force community. According to TIF, Play Comforts is the only known toy distribution program to support every branch of the U.S. military. TIF plans to distribute 25,000 toys to military children through the Play Comforts partnership by the end of the year.
Tags: BGCA, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, holiday season, MacDill Air Force Base, Play Comforts, TIF, Toy Industry Foundation
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Photos: TIF and My Stuff Bags Foundation Event in the Bronx
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
The Toy Industry Foundation, in partnership with the My Stuff Bags Foundation, recently held an event at the Mott Haven Academy Charter School, located in the Bronx, N.Y. The school is the first in the city designed to serve kids from broken homes. Children at the charter school received new school supplies, toys, and more from the two organizations.
Photos below:
Chanler Findlay, 5, opens his “My Stuff Bag” at the Toy Industry Foundation event held at Haven Academy in the Bronx.
Kindergartner Malachi Taylor shows off a new toy, courtesy of the Toy Industry Foundation at an event hosted with My Stuff Bags at Haven Academy in the Bronx.
For more information on My Stuff Bags, visit www.mystuffbags.org.
Tags: Haven Academy, Mott Haven Academy Charter School, My Stuff Bags Foundation, Toy Industry Foundation
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
TIF Summer Toy Drive to End August 31
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
There is still a month left to donate to the Toy Industry Foundation’s Summer Toy Drive. To date, TIF has reached a third of its goal and has collected more than 100,000 toys for children in need. The foundation’s goal is to collect 300,000 toys for The Toy Bank by August 31.
Donations to The Toy Bank service a variety of programs including Play Comforts, an organization that partners with the Boys & Girls Clubs of America Military Services to help children with a parent deployed overseas; My Stuff Bags Foundation, which helps to comfort abused and neglected children entering crisis and foster care; and Play Heals, which services young patients at Ronald McDonald Houses.
Tags: My Stuff Bags Foundation, Play Comforts, Play Heals, Summer Toy Drive, The Toy Bank, TIF, Toy Industry Foundation
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This post was written by Christina Edwards
TIF Launches Charity Auction of New Star Wars Collector’s Item
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
The Toy Industry Foundation (TIF) has launched a charity auction featuring the Star Wars AT-AT (All Terrain Armored Transport) before it arrives in stores next month; proceeds will benefit TIF programs that support charities for at-risk, abused, abandoned, or ill children. The auction began July 14 and will run through July 19 at noon.
The auction features two of the new Star Wars AT-AT vehicles, donated by Hasbro. The multi-level vehicle is two feet tall, 28 inches long, and 12 inches wide, and can hold up to 20 Star Wars figures. Winners of the auction will have exclusive ownership for two weeks before the collector’s item is available for sale.
The auction is the latest in a series of initiatives to promote individual giving in support of the TIF’s philanthropic activities. The second annual “TIF Birthday Bids” auction, celebrating the anniversaries of characters and toys, will kick off in September.
Tags: Hasbro, Star Wars, Toy Industry Foundation
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This post was written by Christina Edwards
Wild Planet Donates 12,000 Toys to Summer Toy Drive
Thursday, June 24th, 2010
Wild Planet Entertainment, Inc. has donated nearly 12,000 toys valued at $173,000 in support of the Toy Industry Foundation’s (TIF) annual Summer Toy Drive.
TIF––a nonprofit organization that works to bring toys to children recovering from abuse or crisis, as well as kids in poverty, suffering from chronic illness, or living with parents in the military––collects newly manufactured toys from members of the toy industry via its Toy Bank and distributes them through local charities. Wild Planet has contributed over $1.1 million in toys since the tracking of donations began in 2003.
Nearly 1,500 products from the recent donation will be distributed by the SOS American Foundation, Inc. to children in the Ukraine and Tajikistan. TIF hopes to collect 300,000 toys during its summer toy drive.
Tags: Toy Industry Foundation, Wild Planet Entertainment
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Cancer Patients “Set Sail” With TIF, Ronald McDonald House
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
As mentioned in a previous post, the Toy Industry Foundation in association with the Ronald McDonald House New York hosted its “Set Sail for Summer” event last night.
Approximately 110 cancer patients and their relatives attended the event, which featured nautical activities as well as a toy distribution. This is the third year for the event, according to the foundation’s website.
Two more pictures from the event, after the jump. (more…)
Tags: Ronald McDonald House New York, Toy Industry Foundation
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Toy Industry Foundation plans to “Set Sail for Summer”
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
The Toy Industry Association‘s (TIA) philanthropic offshoot, the Toy Industry Foundation (TIF), invites vendors to “Set Sail for Summer” during a partnered event with the Ronald McDonald House in Manhattan.
TIF plans to treat kids to “nautical crafts, tropical refreshments, and a toy distribution” during the event June 21 at 6 P.M. Nationally, TIF distributes toys to other Houses under its Play Heals program.
To RSVP for the event, contact TIF’s manager, Amanda McDorman, at amcdorman@toyindustryfoundation.org or (646) 520-4878.
Tags: Play Heals, Ronald McDonald House, Toy Industry Association, Toy Industry Foundation
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Second Annual “Stuff-a-Thon” to Take Place This Friday
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010
This Friday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., members of the toy industry will join forces with the Toy Industry Foundation and the My Stuff Bags Foundation to fill approximately 5,000 duffel bags with toys, toiletries, and handmade items. The “Do Good Stuff-a-Thon” bags will be distributed to shelters and foster care agencies across the United States.
Representatives from across the toy and children’s entertainment industries will include employees from Disney, Educational Insights, JAKKS Pacific, Pacific Play Tents, and more. Other companies, such as Hasbro, iToys, and Schoenhut Piano Company, have provided product for the bags.
Tags: Disney, Do Good Stuff-a-Thon, Educational Insights, foster care, Hasbro, iToys, JAKKS Pacific, My Stuff Bags Foundation, Pacific Play Tents, Schoenhut Piano Company, shelters, The Toy Bank, TIF, Toy Industry Foundation
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This post was written by Elizabeth A. Reid
Toy Industry Donations to Comfort Haitian Kids
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
Toys valued at nearly $30,000, donated by companies across the toy industry to the Toy Industry Foundation (TIF), will be distributed in partnership with Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc. (K.I.D.S.) to children who survived the devastating Haiti earthquake on January 12. The contribution by TIF included 2,500 new toys that will provide comfort to children in refugee shelters and camps, schools, and orphanages throughout the country.
K.I.D.S. has worked in Haiti through various partners since 1995, providing apparel, shoes, toys, and books to children in need. K.I.D.S.’ main partner for this Haiti relief is Operation Compassion, which has helped Haiti’s poor for the last 10 years.
Photo Credit: KidsDonations.org
Tags: donations, earthquake, Haiti, K.I.D.S., Kids in Distressed Situations, Operation Compassion, TIF, Toy Industry Foundation
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