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.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html
Collection efforts and sites are needed all across the city. You can collect toys in your neighborhood, in your office or business or even as a service project. Read all the details below. Then drop off your toys to us at our David L. Lawrence Convention Center, 1000 Ft. Duquesne Blvd.; Pittsburgh, PA 15222 December 7th through December 9th, 2020.
Let us know you are collecting so we can make sure to thank you. You may also have your information listed on our website under drop off locations to promote your community service with Play it Forward Pittsburgh.
Sign up now and start collecting!
Business Drop Off Location
Service Project
Let us know you are collecting so we can make sure to thank you. You may also have your information listed on our website under drop off locations to promote your community service with Play it Forward Pittsburgh.
Sign up now and start collecting!
Business Drop Off Location
Service Project
Business/Group Collection Info
We encourage everyone to follow CDC guidelines with accepting donations, sorting, etc. Safety is our primary consideration.
All business and groups need to sign up. The process will be the same as previous years.
We encourage everyone to follow CDC guidelines with accepting donations, sorting, etc. Safety is our primary consideration.
All business and groups need to sign up. The process will be the same as previous years.
- What can/should be collected this year
- Due to frequently changing guidelines, we recommend that you don’t start collecting as early as previous years. While we hope that we won’t be forced to cancel, we don’t want to collect toys that we can’t give out.
- We will NOT be asking for books this year. Should you receive books, we will accept them, but we’d like to limit the quantity we receive.
- As usual, we will not be accepting stuffed animals or clothing.
- Because of our smaller staff of volunteers, strongly encourage your groups to pre-package/label/clean items when donating whenever possible.
- Presort/Clean
- If you are able to pre-sort, label according to categories and clean/sanitize items prior to delivery, that would be appreciated. It will make things easier to work with, considering our limited volunteers in the space due to covid guidelines.
- Drop off info
- Drop off dates are Monday-Wednesday December 7-9, 2020.
- This year we are scheduled on the second floor of the Convention Center, so all deliveries must come through the loading dock ramp, which can be accessed on Ft. Duquesne Boulevard. This will be an easy, convenient system for you to drop your items and we will have help unloading. We will ask you to wear a mask while dropping off if you exit your vehicle. We can NOT accept any street drops offs this year. We will contact you to schedule a drop off date and time.
- Supply donations
- This year we need supplies more than ever. Please consider encouraging people to donate sanitizing wipes, paper towels, Ziploc bags (gallon size or larger) and heavy duty large (33 gallon) garbage bags and boxes for our distribution.
Is your business interested in being a drop off location? Sign up to be a business drop off location!
Is your club or group interested in collecting for a service project? Sign up for service project collection!
If you have extra time, stick around and volunteer.
Is your club or group interested in collecting for a service project? Sign up for service project collection!
If you have extra time, stick around and volunteer.