Number of Participants: 1
Hours Donated: 100
Value of Time Served: $845
Event Type: Children & Youth
Sport: Volleyball
Date: December 21, 2021
Location:
North Babylon High School
Phelps Lane, North Babylon
NY
About:
NORTH BABYLON, New York — As soon as you walk down into Emily Meyer’s basement, you can see mountains of stuffed animals and toys of all kinds organized into different age groups.
Meyer now refers to it as ‘Toy Central’ since she started ‘Emily’s Awesome Toy Drive‘ 10 years ago.
Even though she already had presents at home, the program insisted that every child be presented with a gift on Christmas.
Meyer decided to create her own toy drive with help from her grandfather, so she could give back to the people who need it the most.
“We collected about 20 or so toys the first year,” said Meyer. “Every year from then on it just grew and grew and grew and grew. It just became this whole big thing.”
Earlier this year, Meyer was worried that the toy drive would have to be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, so she started collecting and donating toys in the summer. Meyer managed to find a contactless way to collect toys by creating an Amazon gift list.
Meyer is hoping to match the over 2,500 toys collected and delivered last year to bring joy to children who need it the most.