Toy Loan Program to be Established

As the Christmas season approaches many children across Wilkes County will receive new toys.  Toy chests will be cleaned out and old toys will need a new home.  Please consider donating your gently used toys to the Wilkes Community Partnership for Children.  The Partnership for Children is establishing a Family Room which will include a Toy Loan Center (TLC) for children and their families. 

The Toy Loan Center will be a free service which will allow children to borrow toys in the same manner in which they borrow books from the public library.  The children may borrow a maximum of two toys once a week.   

The Toy Loan Center will help:

• To develop a sense of responsibility in children through the observance of an honor code and merit system that gives praise and recognition when toys are returned on time and undamaged.
• To foster positive attitudes in children by providing them an accepted means of obtaining toys.
• To benefit children by keeping their time wholesomely occupied with a variety of toys. 

The success of this concept has been demonstrated over the years in other communities across the United States.  The belief is that the majority of children who borrow toys from the Toy Loan Center will return them in good condition and on time.

Individual donations will help the Toy Loan Center extend services to benefit children and the community! Civic clubs and churches are encouraged to participate by sponsoring toy drives, donating new and gently used toys.  Toys, games and puzzles will be greatly appreciated.  Children looking for a unique way to be honored at their birthday may consider donations to the Toy Loan Center. 

 

All donations to the Toy Loan Center are tax deductible.  For more information on the Toy Loan Center or to set up an appointment to make donation, contact the Wilkes Community Partnership for Children at 838-0977 or info@wilkessmartstart.com.

 

Wilkes Community Partnership for Children will be closed the week of Christmas and will reopen on Monday, December 31^st from 8am to 4pm for your last minute end of the year toy donation.  No appointment is necessary on December 31^st.

 

The Partnership for Children is located at 374 Lincoln Heights Road, Wilkesboro, NC, former site of the CTE Magnet School at Lincoln Heights.