Our 2024 Toy Drive has ended.
Thank you to our businesses, organizations and each individual who collected and donated.
Thank you to our volunteers and community partners.
Play it Forward Pittsburgh is grateful for your contributions and support!
We wish you a wonderful holiday season and a happy and healthy new year! See you in 2025!
Thank you to our businesses, organizations and each individual who collected and donated.
Thank you to our volunteers and community partners.
Play it Forward Pittsburgh is grateful for your contributions and support!
We wish you a wonderful holiday season and a happy and healthy new year! See you in 2025!
Sign Up for Group Collection has closed for 2024.
Thank you to everyone who signed up as a collection site or project.
Thank you to everyone who signed up as a collection site or project.
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:
David L. Lawrence Convention Center, 1000 Ft. Duquesne Blvd. Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Monday, December 9th through Wednesday, December 11th, 2024.
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!
Is your business interested in being a drop off location?
Sign up to be a business drop off location!
Business Sign Up
Is your club or group interested in collecting for a service project? Sign up for service project collection!
Service Project / Group Sign Up
If you have extra time, stick around and volunteer.
David L. Lawrence Convention Center, 1000 Ft. Duquesne Blvd. Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Monday, December 9th through Wednesday, December 11th, 2024.
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!
Is your business interested in being a drop off location?
Sign up to be a business drop off location!
Business Sign Up
Is your club or group interested in collecting for a service project? Sign up for service project collection!
Service Project / Group Sign Up
If you have extra time, stick around and volunteer.
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.
- Drop off info
- Drop off dates are Monday-Wednesday December 9-11, 2024. 9am - 8pm A member of our staff will contact you to arrange your delivery day and time. David L. Lawrence Convention Center 1000 Ft. Duquesne Blvd. Pittsburgh, PA 15222 (West Hall)
- We are on the first floor. The easiest way to drop off is to enter 10th street from Fort Duquesne Blvd. Please pull up to the Convention Center West Hall directly on 10th Street. You will be able to pull up to the curb and unload your vehicle. You do not need to park. We should have volunteers to assist you in unloading your vehicle.
- You will be required to schedule a time to unload on the dock if you have a Uhaul or Box Truck. That will be arranged closer to delivery day.
- 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.