Tristar Products donated 300,000 brand new Bandaloom jewelry-making kits to the Toy Bank, part of the Toy Industry Foundation. The donation is worth nearly $3 million.
The kits will be delivered to 13 different children’s charities across Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Pennsylvania, including Shelter Partnership, World Vision, My Stuff Bags Foundation, Santa Claus of San Bernandino, Metro Kidz, and Heart of Compassion.
Carlos Cadorniga is an editorial intern at Adventure Publishing Group and a recent journalism graduate from Stony Brook University. He crafts weekly toy reviews for The Toy Insider and contributes to the Toy Book trade magazine. His hobbies include watching cartoons, singing, playing video games, creative writing, and bragging about his trip to Japan. His favorite color is pink and he will not let you forget it, and his favorite sport is seeing how many episodes of The Office he can rewatch on Netflix in one sitting.