Disney’s annual toy drive for the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation is open, and this year marks the 79th. You can drop off a new, unwrapped toy at any U.S. Disney Store, at select Disney Springs locations or at Aulani through December 11, or buy a toy online that ships straight to Toys for Tots through December 24.
Where To Drop Off A Toy
In person, the drive runs now through December 11 at Disney Store locations across the U.S., select stores at Disney Springs at Walt Disney World and Aulani, A Disney Resort and Spa in Hawaii. Toys need to be new and unwrapped. Disney says the goal is to bring hope and joy to children in need this holiday season.
Disneyland Resort joins on Monday, November 16. Starting that day, collection boxes will be at select shops in the Downtown Disney District and in the stores at all three Disneyland Resort hotels, the Disneyland Hotel, Pixar Place Hotel and Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel and Spa. Those boxes stay out until December 10, a day earlier than the other locations.
Giving Online
If you cannot get to a store, DisneyStore.com/ToyDrive has a curated selection of toys you can buy, and Disney Store delivers them directly to Toys for Tots. The online option stays open through December 24, according to the Disney Parks Blog.
A Partnership That Goes Back To Walt
Disney’s ties to Toys for Tots go back to 1947, when Walt Disney assigned animators to design the original Toys for Tots train logo. That logo is still in use today. Since then, Toys for Tots has distributed 732 million toys to 325 million children.
Every year, Disney VoluntEARS and employees help by assembling collection boxes and by donating, sorting and handing out toys to kids across the country.
The drive is part of Disney’s companywide “Make the Holidays Magic” campaign, which launched November 9 and ties in Make-A-Wish and Blue Star Families alongside Toys for Tots. More on the campaign is at Disney.com/HolidayMagic.
If you are at the Disneyland Resort for the start of the season, the Downtown Disney boxes arrive just a few days after the holidays kick off on November 13, when the parks fill up with Christmas trees and lights, so it is easy to drop off a toy on the way in or out of the parks. At Walt Disney World, the Disney Springs boxes are already out, and every U.S. Disney Store is taking toys now.
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