Community Partners of Dallas (CPD) will mark two milestones this holiday season: the agency’s twenty-fifth anniversary and the
urgent need to fulfill the largest number of holiday wishes for abused and
neglected children in the organization’s Toy Drive history.
CPD is
asking the community to help give the gift of hope this holiday season by
supporting their annual Toy Drive, and ensuring they can fulfill over 8100
wishes for abused and neglected children in the care of Child Protective
Services. The number of wishes that need
to be fulfilled this year is an increase of 1134 wishes from last year’s
drive.
The
Community Partners of Dallas Toy Drive is unique in that the wishes are brought
to the agency by CPS caseworkers on behalf of the children in their care, and
those same caseworkers will have the wonderful opportunity to deliver these
gifts personally. By supporting the Toy
Drive, individuals, organizations and companies will be granting specific gift
requests to these children, making them feel special and giving them a holiday
they will remember.
As Natosha Hooks, a CPS caseworker, shared, “I had a case
with seven children in the family. The
oldest child, who was 13 years old, told me that for Christmas they get one toy
and he, as the oldest, plays with it first and then it goes down the line to
the smallest kids who get to keep it.
This Christmas they all had their own toys thanks to the generosity of
Community Partners of Dallas.”
Wish
cards can be filled by companies, churches, scout troops, business offices, or
individuals. Organizations and
individuals can also organize a new toy drive for the undesignated toy collection
used to serve additional children who come into CPS care after the wish list
deadline and to fill wishes not selected by donors. This year’s most popular
wishes include bikes, African American dolls, items from Disney’s FROZEN, Barbies, basketballs, footballs,
soccer balls, learning toys for toddlers, like a Vtech Learning Laptop, Dora
dolls, MP3 players, LEGO sets, Tonka trucks and Bath and Body Works sets.
All
gifts should be new and not wrapped.
Toys must be delivered to the Community Partners of Dallas Toy Drive
Workshop at the Peacock Alley Warehouse located at 2050 Postal Way, Dallas,
Texas 75212 no later than 1:00 p.m. on December 12.
For
more information on participating in the Toy Drive, contact Corinne Karp, 214.624.7588
or corinne@cpdtx.org or visit www.CommunityPartnersDallas.org.
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