The safety of our community is our highest priority.  We will be following CDC & Allegheny County COVID-19 protocols 
​for volunteers and recipients.  We ask that everyone follow current CDC regulations including hand washing,
social distancing and mask wearing during volunteering, distribution and group collection activities. 
Our COVID-19 protocols will be updated as we getting closer to our event.  
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html
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How can I help?
There are quite a few different ways that  you can donate and/or help.
Our mission is to collect gently used toys and offer them for free to families in need. 

You can donate your own toys, you can offer to collect toys among your neighbors, mom group or as a service project through your service organization, you can collect donations from your customers at your business, you can help provide supplies needed, you can donate funds to pay for the expenses associated with the drive, you can volunteer your time and you can tell others. 

Play it Forward Pittsburgh is proud to enter it's 12th year of community service and we are grateful to everyone that donates in each of these capacities.  
Thank you for helping!
Donations
  • Donations can be made to businesses and groups collecting.  
  • We will NOT be accepting books this year
  • Our maximum age for toys this year will be age 12
  • As usual, we will NOT accept stuffed animals and clothes or other misc. items
  • Because of our smaller staff of volunteers, we ask that you pre-package according to our categories below/label/clean items when donating if possible.
  • This year we need supplies more than ever.  Please consider donating sanitizing wipes, paper towels, Ziploc bags (gallon size or larger) and heavy duty large (33 gallon) garbage bags and boxes for our distribution.
  • Our 2022 Toy Categories (for labeling, organizing) are as follows
    • Baby Toys (<1 year)
    • Toddler Toys (1-3 years)
    • Preschool Toys (3-5 years)
    • Educational & STEM toys
    • Dolls & Accessories
    • Dress Up/Imaginary Play
    • Arts & Crafts
    • Sporting Equipment
    • Riding Toys
    • Outdoor Play
    • Legos & Building Blocks
    • Games
    • Puzzles
    • DVD movies
    • Electronics
    • Music
    • Trucks, Trains, Vehicles
    • Action Figures
    • Big Ticket Items (play houses, play kitchens, doll houses, slides, kids picnic tables, bicycles, wagons, drones, etc)
Donate supplies that are needed: 
  • Large garbage bags for sorting and storing​
  • Cleaning supplies
  • Ziploc bags in gallon size and larger ​for organizing toy pieces
  • Boxes
  • Packing Tape 
Donate to our paypal account:

Your donations will go toward rent, insurance,
​volunteer and business expenses.
Volunteer:

Donate your time and bring your families!
Sign Up Here
Tell others:
Share this information with a  family/mom/dad
that you know that may be in need of some
gently loved toys this holiday season.

You may also print out the  flyer below and post in
locations  such as a school or church.
Download our Flyer!
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