Close to 16 million children in this country live below the poverty level.

Growing up in an affluent suburb, that's a stat I never had top of mind. I was among the fortunate. I had a beautiful house. I went to a good school. I had every opportunity in front of me and never longed for anything. Yet it was a pile of plastic toys that would change my life forever. Read More

Saturday, April 20th | 11am – 2pm

Kohl’s Cares Go Green Event Wants Your Gently Used Plastic Toys

Donate your plastic toys on April 20th from 11am – 2pm and enjoy some family fun with Kohl’s Cares and Second Chance Toys at Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse. 3500 Reservoir Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19121

Kohl’s Cares will be celebrating Earth Week by collecting, cleaning and donating gently used plastic toys to organizations serving disadvantaged children. Within hours, thousands of toys will be transported by 1-800-GOT-JUNK? to local Head Starts in Philadelphia metro communities. There will be entertainment and activities for all, a visit from first-round NFL prospect and Philadelphia native Sharrif Floyd, in addition to the opportunity to enjoy Smith’s Playground and Playhouse! A toy donation on April 20th will get you a free face painting OR balloon art at Smith!

To make it easy, Smith is also accepting your gently used plastic toys between April 1st and April 20th.

Plastic toys should:
– be clean
– no small or missing parts
– batteries functional

This is a great opportunity to start your spring cleaning early, make some deserving children happy, and at the same time keep these non biodegradable plastics out of our landfills. Help your community and the environment this Earth Week

Second Chance Toys is excited to announce our Earth Week 2013 partnership with 4GOOD, a Los Angeles based non-profit organization inspiring families to actively participate in volunteer activities.

Each spring, 4GOOD holds a sponsored Family Day Event where their mission is to "Spark the Spirit of Giving Back".  Local families attend the event for a free afternoon full of fantastic hands-on family friendly volunteer activities and opportunities. Last year, 4GOOD Family Day attracted more than 500 parents, grandparents and children. 4GOOD will be holding a gently used plastic toy drive at their 2013 event and will be donating their collected toys to SCT. We are thrilled to be working together and look forward to a very successful collection.

Interested in attending? Click here and don't forget to bring your gently used plastic toys!

This holiday season Second Chance Toys conducted 85 collections in 14 states for a total of 18,026 toys collected! That’s nearly double the amount we usually collect and brings our total to over 131,000 toys donated to date.

As more and more people hear about Second Chance Toys we continue to expand across the country. We look forward to reaching even more children with our 2013 collections.

Thank you for all of your efforts!

Seane Corn (center) and friends came together to support ongoing efforts to help communities affected by Hurricane Sandy. Off the Mat, Into New Jersey was a benefit that took place at the Atlantic City Convention Center on December 22. Over 850 toys were donated by attendees and yoga studios throughout New Jersey and nearby states to benefit families hard hit by Sandy.

Pictured here with Seane Corn, founder of Off the Mat, Into the World are Elisabeth Halfpapp (left), co-founder and executive vp of exhale spa, a sponsor of the relief effort and Bronna Lipton (right), executive director of Second Chance Toys.

The positive energy created from this event made for a holiday milestone.

New York Giants Fullback Henry Hyonski helped deliver toys with SCT to children at PS142 in New York City. A big THANK YOU  to the Educational Alliance, our holiday collection partners at Kidville, and 1-800-GOT-JUNK? for making the event a success!

We are deeply saddened by the terrible losses suffered in Newtown, Connecticut. Our hearts go out to the families, school staff and the community of Sandy Hook Elementary School.  

You are all in our thoughts and prayers.

Sincerely,

The Second Chance Toys Team 

Bring your gently used plastic toys to the Off the Mat Hurricane Sandy Benefit at the Atlantic City Convention Center on December 22.

Kidville has generously opened their doors to a total of 7 New York City and New Jersey locations to collect toys with SCT for the holidays. Click here to find the location nearest you and donate your gently used plastic toys to make a difference this holiday season.

We look forward to bringing smiles to some very deserving children with the help of Kidville and all of our wonderful volunteers.