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Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
Thanks for everyone's feedback. Interesting that this has struck a chord with many of you. I think next year we will try to do something different. Packing up and donating the toys is something I've been trying to get "installed" in our house for quite some time. Trouble is, we have a 4-year old, a 3-year old, and a 1.5 year old, so the only things not used anymore are baby items. My oldest giving away his younger brother's toys - not exactly the same as giving away the ones that he doesn't use (but we don't want to get rid of them, because the youngest will play with them.). Catch-22.
Still, there are other ways I suppose. One idea that Scott and I came up with this year was a toy give-away to the children's cancer wards. We bought about 10,000 or so Porsche models last year, and that included 3,000 or so Cayenne trucks. Not too many of you guys want the trucks so we figured that we'd have a customer-coupon program where the customers can use a WebCertificate, and we'd donate a truck in their name to the hospital. I'm still working out the details on that, but my son is already eager to help drop them off.
Thanks everyone for your support!
-Wayne
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wayne,
we have a place called fostering hope here. it is a place where foster parents , like ourselves can go get items for foster kids. perhaps this may be a place to donate some of you unused items. i know it is a big help for us.
why wait until the holidays to do something for the needy. this is what puts me in a bad mood at christmas, that this is the only or main time of year people help. sure a nice dinner at thanksgiving is nice, but what about eating the rest of the year.