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Toys for children in Sick Kids being collected in Durham

Nov 23, 2009 - 03:34 PM

DURHAM -- Making a child's Christmas has never been so easy.

All across Toronto and the GTA, toy drives put on by Wyatt's Warriors, entitled Have a Heart Toy Drive in support of Sick Kids, are getting ready for the holidays. Durham residents can help make this season exciting for a child who will be in the Hospital for Sick Children over Christmas by dropping off toys at one of the donation sites in Durham Region. The toys will be distributed throughout the hospital.

There are children ages newborn to 18 years old in the hospital, so age-appropriate toys are requested. Priority groups are infants, with toys such as rattles and soothers, and teens, with toys such as sports items, gift cards, electronics. Also needed are gifts that are not age specific, such as magazines, character Band Aids, electronic handheld games.

Other age groups include toddlers, with toys such as trucks, cuddly toys, Play Dough, art supplies, being requested, and school-aged children, with requests for board games, cards, cuddly toys, books. For all ages, gift cards are being accepted too, as they can be used to purchase specific things the hospital needs for the children.

Drop-off centres and events are Stuff a Truck, located at Nurse Chevrolet Cadillac at 1530 Dundas St. E., Whitby, Stuff a Cooper at BMW/ MINI Durham, 100 Achilles Rd., Ajax, and The Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy at 1288 Ritson Rd. N., Oshawa. The events will run to Dec. 15. If you cannot get to one of the events or drop-off centres, contact Laura Celsie at 289-404-1021.

For more information, visit www.wyattswarriors.ca, or call 289-404-1021. For more information about Wyatt and Wyatt's Warriors, visit www.totsites.com/tot/wyatts/.

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