Logo
Two marks
A horizontal wordmark for editorial and institutional use, and a teddy-bear mark for kid-facing contexts. We send both, in print and web formats.
Request logo filesWorking on a story about the drive?
The fact sheet, the founder, and the photos.
Everything you need to cover Joey’s Toy Drive — a volunteer-run Bay Area Christmas toy drive, thirteen Decembers in. Verified numbers, the mission in our own words, and the person to talk to.
The numbers, verified.
Every figure below is confirmed and current through the 2025 drive. If a number isn’t here, it’s because we can’t yet stand behind it.
- Founded
- December 2012
- Founder
- Joey Childs (age 8 at founding)
- Years operating
- 13
- Service area
- San Francisco Bay Area, 9 counties
- 2024 drive
- 30,000 toys
- 2025 drive
- 40,000 toys
- Partners
- ~120
- Paid staff
- None — run entirely by volunteers
- Operational sponsor
- Silicon Valley Moving & Storage
- Headquarters
- 186 Barnard Ave, San Jose, CA 95125
Logo, photos, and the mission language.
Request the marks and the high-resolution photos, and quote the mission word for word.
Photography
Warehouse + team
High-resolution photos of the San Jose warehouse, the sorting work, and the team. Available on request.
Request photo filesMission language
“Joey’s Toy Drive exists so that no child in our community wakes up to nothingon Christmas morning.”
Our mission, in full — please quote it word for word.
About Joey’s Toy Drive
A copy-ready boilerplate for your story — drop it in as is.
Joey’s Toy Drive is a volunteer-run Bay Area Christmas toy drive, founded in 2012 by Joey Childs at age 8. It serves nine Bay Area counties through about 120 partner organizations — companies, schools, and community groups among them — and collected nearly 40,000 new toys in 2025. It runs entirely on volunteers, with logistics donated by Silicon Valley Moving & Storage.
For founder interviews and on-site visits, email first.
Tell us what you’re working on and your deadline. We read every message and reply as soon as we can — give us more lead time in November and December, when the drive is running.