What to donate:
We are looking for and gratefully accepting new unwrapped toys, sports apparel, $25 gift cards, monetary donations, and wrapping supplies. Below are guidelines on what we need and where to donate them.
Toy/Gift Guidelines:
* New toys in the original packaging (unwrapped) for children ages infant to 17
* Cost should be no more than $25. On drop-off, please attach the “normal” price of the toy with a post-it note or masking/painters tape on to the box.
* Younger children-suggested Items (but not limited to):
- Board games
- Legos/Duplo Blocks
- Action figures/dolls
- Educational toys
- Arts and craft items
- Puzzles and card games.
Older Children-suggested items (but not limited to):
- Local sports apparel (all sizes)-Nordonia, Browns, Guardians, Cavaliers, OSU
- Headphones and blue tooth speakers
- Arts and craft items
- Jewelry sets, watches
- Wallets, purses
- Basketball, soccer balls, and other sports items
* Avoid toys that require batteries
Gift Card Guidelines:
* Gift cards in denominations of $25
* Suggested stores include (but are not limited to): Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl’s, Ulta, B&B Theatres, Claire’s, Five Below, Hobby Lobby, Starbucks, local food and sandwich shops, and Amazon
*Avoid gift cards to gaming stores as those items tend to exceed our price maximum of $25.
*DO NOT PUT GIFT CARDS IN TOY COLLECTION BINS, please drop them at one of our participating churches during normal business hours.
Monetary donations:
* Monetary donations to support our outreach are only being accepted through participating church donation pages
Other Items:
* We are looking for ideas for additional premium items. These items will be in our Premium Item area where each family will have a chance to receive them. Please email us if you have suggestions at
CommChristmasConnect@gmail.com
* Wrapping paper – larger rolls, generic Christmas paper-ideally the rolls should be large enough to wrap all the presents a child receives
* Scotch tape
* Peel and stick gift labels and bows
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