Every December Since 2012.
Joey’s Toy Drive is run by volunteers in San Jose. Businesses, schools, and community groups collect the toys, our team sorts them, and nonprofits and agencies across the Bay Area distribute them to the children they serve.
How It Started.
It began in 2012 as a school project: come up with an idea that helps your community. Joey Childs, age 8, chose a toy drive, made flyers with crayons and markers, and walked them door to door in his San Jose neighborhood.
The first collection was a few dozen toys. He ran it again the next December, and it has run every December since.
How It Grew.
Companies, schools, faith communities, scout troops, and neighborhood groups now run drives across the Bay Area, Fortune 500 companies among them.
Ambassador drives in Monterey and Santa Barbara send their collections to San Jose for distribution to Bay Area children.
The year by year record is on the impact page, and you can host a drive of your own on Host a Toy Drive.
Run Entirely by Volunteers.
Joey’s Toy Drive has no paid staff. The people who organize the drive, sort the toys, manage partner relationships, and coordinate delivery do it outside their own jobs and schoolwork.
Joey Childs
Founder & Executive Director
Dennis O'Donnell
Director of Operations
Brooke Childs
Volunteer Manager
Katherine Vargas
Office Manager
Regional Ambassadors
Chris Ferris
Regional Ambassador
Support Services
- Andrey Dini
- Adam Berg
Every Donated Toy Reaches a Child.
The space, the trucks, and every hour of labor are donated. The trucks, forklifts, and loading docks are provided by Silicon Valley Moving & Storage.
We accept toys only. We do not accept monetary donations.
Host a Toy Drive.
Run a collection box at your office, school, or place of worship.