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EUMC's All Church Toy Shop is a community outreach project provided in collaboration with the Edmonds Food Bank. In 2009 the Toy Shop provided a new book, stuffed animal and toy for more than 1,050 children in need in our community. In addition, 90 families took home a fully refurbished bicycle.
Planning for the Toy Shop begins in August with the in church toy collection taking place September through November, ending with food donations for the Food Bank. Additional gifts are collected from the South Snohomish County Rotary Alderwood Giving Tree, for which the church provides a full week of volunteer staffing (42 – 2 hour shifts). From project coordinators to toy shop volunteers, hundreds of church and community volunteers are involved in the planning, toy donation, set up and execution of the event. Community partners include the South Snohomish County Rotary, Edmonds Fire Department, Edmonds Daybreak Rotary, and Boy Scout Troop 312.
CHRISTMAS TOY SHOP 2010 UPDATE
Jenn Hendrix, our new Toy Shop Coordinator, is here to start whispering in your ear about Christmas: I know it’s early, but the Toy Shop gave toys to more than 1050 children last year and it is going to be a challenge to fill that need with what I can only imagine will be an increase, as the economy is slow to recover. This year my main objectives are to 1) partner with other churches and organizations in order to have a larger volunteer and donation base to draw from, and 2) to solve the storage problem. How can you help? I firmly believe that someone reading this either has 1) storage we can use year round (a garage, basement, extra room), or 2) a connection; to a merchant willing to give us space in exchange for a little publicity or tax write-off. Even a discounted permanent shed for on-site use, or the funds for materials to build one ourselves would work. So, please help us out by thinking outside the box; you may know someone or have a solution and not even realize it.
2010 Toy Shop Collection Dates: Coming Soon