I wanna give all my soft toys to charity...

missstropy

school christmas fairs are not that long off. My kids always end up buying more cuddly toys every year from them.

Toto

How about a childrens home in romania or some such place? I sent a bunch of stuff out to romania last year, those kids really do have nothing, I'd adopt the lot of them if I could

Floss

Or your local Salvation Army place - they usually make up parcels for deprived children at Christmas.

I know you said you're reluctant to give them to a charity shop, but would you consider giving them to a local hospice shop? Hospices need funds because they mainly run on donated/shop-earned funds and they provide a wonderful service.

postingalwaysposting

Toto wrote: »

How about a childrens home in romania or some such place? I sent a bunch of stuff out to romania last year, those kids really do have nothing, I'd adopt the lot of them if I could

ohh toto thats a great suggestion do you have an address or anything?

pinkkat8910

Toto wrote: »

How about a childrens home in romania or some such place? I sent a bunch of stuff out to romania last year, those kids really do have nothing, I'd adopt the lot of them if I could

wow that sounds like a great idea, how do you get things to them?

bexsta-star

If Romania won't have them you can always try the Brownies. They had a stall at our school fair and it was great. All donated cuddly toys were placed in a nice array on the floor and attached to different coloured strands of wool. These were fed through a large box and pinned to a back board. Children paid 50p or £1 (can't remember how much), picked a strand of wool and pulled and pulled; the anticipation as they waited with baited breath to see which teddy/beanie/animal they had won was great. The little girls loved it and had lots of goes. Loads of money was raised and it was a great success. You could do this at school fete to raise money for the school/PTA/Brownies or even at a childs party as the going home pressie (one way to declutter your dd's bedroom!!).

sethsgran

You could contact shoebox appeal they might take them and add them to boxes. I worked with someone couple of years ago and they always took extras to bulk out some boxes>