The Toy Story...

I always hate the chore of purging through toys. It seems each January with the incoming of new toys, old toys and random bits and bites need to be moved out to make room. Upon my most recent purging expedition, I found it quite difficult to put the toys into the bag, clothing and books fine, but teddy bears and dolls that’s another story. It’s called Toy Story. Like any child, my daughter has watched Toy Story 3 a number of times. If you haven’t seen it, the plot is situated around Andy donating his toys and the toys being upset by it. A whole movie dedicated to the toys plight in loyally sticking with their owner.

It had to be done but not without much indecision as to who would get the cut. Some toys remained purely out of seniority reasons while others, mismatched and missing from their larger counter parts got a gentle placement into the donation bag. I even found myself apologizing to the toys that ended up on the cut list, promising them a more loving and needy home. I only hoped that someone would see their use and would purchase them off the shelf of the local value village.

Places to Donate Old Toys (No particular order)
Value Village
Local thrift stores
Good Will
Women’s shelters

It’s important to remember that these places are there to help those a little less fortunate in the community. Giving them old broken and unusable toys or donations because you are too lazy to go to the dump, or recycle is just not being a good member of the community!