Help
RePlay for Kids help children with disabilities
by holding a Toy Drive!
RePlay for Kids takes new or 'gently-used' battery-operated toys and has volunteers
adapt these toys so that children with disabilities can use a switch to activate the toys.
These toys are given at no charge to children with disabilities in Northeast Ohio.
Do you want to help RePlay for Kids but can't attend a workshop? Host a RePlay for
Kids Toy Drive to collect toys for RePlay for Kids to adapt.
RePlay for Kids Toy Drive Kit
1. RePlay for Kids will provide you with boxes and signs to place at your toy collection
sites.
2. RePlay for Kids will also provide you with flyers that describe the appropriate types
of toys to donate.
3. RePlay for Kids will arrange to pickup the collect toys, arrange a place for you to
drop off the toys, or discuss shipping arrangements with you if the first two options
are not feasible.
Contact us at [email protected], or see our web site at www.replayforkids.org.
Suggested Toy Drive Dates/Occasions:
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Around the Christmas holidays, when people are in toy shopping mode.
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In January, when parents are getting rid of older, ‘gently-used’ toys to make room for
the just received Christmas gifts, or have duplicate toys that are not needed.
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Springtime, when families are doing spring cleaning.
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A charitable activity for scout troops, school clubs, etc.
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As part of an employee volunteer day.
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As an alternative to birthday, wedding or baby shower gifts, suggest donating a toy
to RePlay for Kids.
For ideas on types of toys to donate, see the enclosed flyer
Toy Donation Program
If you are interested in donating a new or ‘gently-used’ batteryoperated toy that RePlay for Kids can adapt, please look at the
following suggestions:
Plush Toys:
Tickle-Me-Elmo, Care Bears, dolls that talk or sing.
What to look for: One or two switches (such as an on/off switch,
or a switch in the hand, foot or belly that you need to squeeze)
What to avoid: Multiple switches or buttons to activate, since we
can adapt only one or two switches.
600 W. Sturbridge Dr.
Medina, OH 44256
Action Figures:
Spiderman, Power Rangers, Robots
Phone: (330) 721-8281
What to look for: One or two switches
Toll Free:
(866) 9-REPLAY
(866-973-7529)
What to avoid: Multiple switches or buttons to activate, since we
E-mail:
Motor Vehicles:
[email protected]
Web:
www.replayforkids.org
(such as an on/off switch or a pushbutton)
can adapt only one or two switches.
Remote Control (R/C) Race Cars, Matchbox trucks,
Airplanes/helicopters
What to look for: If remote controlled, ones with only
forward/reverse controls, not left/right too.
What to avoid: Four-directional controls or multiple switches to
RePlay for Kids is a
501(c)(3) tax-exempt
non-profit
organization of
volunteers who repair
and adapt toys and
assistive devices for
children with
disabilities in
Northeast Ohio.
activate, since we can adapt only one or two switches.
If not
remote controlled, then ones that move too fast (since there will be a
cable attached).
Musical Toys:
Crib toys, Sesame Street musical toys
What to look for: One or two switches (such as an on/off switch or a
pushbutton)
What to avoid:
Multiple switches or buttons to activate, since we
can adapt only one or two switches. Also, keyboards, guitars and
other multi -key instruments.