*UPDATE: RECORD-BREAKING YEAR!!* Our Toy Drive to fill a Codiac Transpo Bus happens Thur/Fri Nov 28/29th at Sobeys Vaughan Harvey

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*UPDATE:
Our 2024 Toy Drive broke records! Two buses full of toy donations!? WOW!!!
THOUSANDS of dollars donated also!!!!!!
THANKS!!
Here are some pics and videos...

 
*End Update*
 
🎅 2024 is our 15th annual Stuff-A-Bus Toy Drive.
🎅 Where: Sobeys on Vaughan Harvey Boulevard
🎅 When: it happens from 6a to 6p on Thursday 28 November and Friday 29 November
🎅 More: we take your toy donations, gift cards, and cash donations and we stuff 'em in a Codiac Transpo bus. Then the Salvation Army gets your donation to a kid this Christmas!
🎅You will be helping folks who might not have a Christmas otherwise! so thanks!
 
👉 Scotty Note: in this age of screen time and SnapTok, we need to get back to a simpler time! Please consider donating a tinfoil ball to a kid this Christmas. Why should cats get all the fun? A tinfoil ball would be hours of enjoyment! You could kick it, throw it, put it in the sun to see how hot it gets... so many things! Say what you want about cats and their tinfoil balls but cats never get bogged down in Cyber Truck AI FOMO doom scrolling. And if a cat's tinfoil ball gets damaged, you don't have to pay a thousand dollars for repairs - you just get another tinfoil ball. Please, this holiday season, let's get back to a carefree, screen-free time. Let's get back to TINFOIL BALL! Listen to our Tinfoil Ball Power Hour Live Stream at bit.ly/listentoscottyandtony. *donating toys and gift cards is also great. I guess.
 
stuff from last year... 
 
⛑ Scotty Note: This year I'm trying to encourage the donation of chainsaws during our Chainsaw Power Hour! Or gift cards. They're also great. Live stream at bit.ly/listentoscottyandtony 
 
From past years...
My nearly scientific calculations are complete: you donated THOUSANDS of dollars and an entire BUS FULL OF TOYS!!! Thank you for making Christmas bright for so many kids this year!!!!
Photos...




 
🎅 Bonus Toy Notes:
 
-- The Most Popular Toys of ALL TIME! (https://cossykids.com/blogs/cossykids-ideas/the-top-ten-best-selling-toys-of-all-time-a-sneak-peek-at-the-most-popular-playthings-of-all-time) ... including Rubik's Cube, Barbie, Lego, Teddy Bear, Tamagotchi, Star Wars Figures, and Yo-Yo!!

-- Toys to avoid donating: 
1) The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab... from the 1950's/ contained ACTUAL URANIUM!/ link (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert_U-238_Atomic_Energy_Laboratory)
 
 
3) Rollerblade Barbie... so much burning!/ link (http://web.mit.edu/hershey/www/humor/dave/dave3.html)
 
4) Moon Shoes... so bone-breaky/ link (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_shoes)
 
5) Metal Playground Slides... hot hot hot!/ rusty and sharp!/ gave me lock jaw!/ link (https://nerdist.com/article/40-foot-tall-metal-giant-slide-detroit-hurts-people-video/)
 
 
-- if none of the above info appeals to you, perhaps you'd be interested in this suggestion brought to you by Johnson's Steak Knives and the Canadian Steak Knife Coalition (*may contain affiliate links*) ... 
If you're not sure about what kind of gift the kids like these days, you can't beat a classic box of steak knives! Or for the younger kids, steak spoons!!
 
-- Other toy donation ideas from past years include Frisbees (donations can be accepted from across the parking lot... just throw)... Drones (donations can be flown right into the bus and landed on the toy pile)... Avocados (this recommendation has been discontinued)... YoYos or YoYoYos (more modern)... 
 
-- Want to give a classic toy? Maybe something from the Toy Hall of Fame!!
This year, these toys got voted in: NERF, Fisher-Price Corn Popper, Cabbage Patch Kids, and baseball cards. https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2023/11/10/fans-push-fisher-price-corn-popper-into-toy-hof-with-nerf-cabbage-patch-kids-baseball-cards/. BTW, Ken of Ken and Barbie fame did not get enough votes this year. Sorry, bruh.

 
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