Donating Stuffed Animals
If you have stuffed animals hanging out in your home, here’s the next big thing in donating them. Let’s find a new home for all the wonderful toys!
Thanks to Chris Ellis for posting information on The Teddy Bear Brigade. As Chris said “The Teddy Bear Brigade receives and distributes new and gently “loved” stuffed animals to provide children in need with comfort, security, and love.”
What a great organization! Because of new regulations, most U.S.-based charities no longer accept toys, including stuffed animals, for donation. So where do you find new homes for those new or gently used fuzzies? Check out The Teddy Bear Brigade.
From their website:
“The Teddy Bear Brigade partners with individuals, churches, schools, businesses, non-profits and humanitarian organizations to collect new and gently loved stuffed animals. The simple gift of a stuffed animal can make such an amazing difference in the life of a child hurt by poverty, abandonment, disease, natural disaster, and war.
How it’s done.
For instance, anyone can participate in The Teddy Bear Brigade. Whether it be just cleaning out your closet, hosting a stuffed animal collection, or telling others about The Teddy Bear Brigade. You can even volunteer at the GFTW warehouse to sort, clean, and pack stuffed animals, or financially sponsoring a shipment or project.
In addition, if you would like to find out how you can join The Teddy Bear Brigade please call 1-877-913-9212. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.”
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Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Wow, what a great resource. These are always hard to get rid of because you hate to throw them away, and yet they are very difficult to donate. We had a resource here for a while who used to ship computers south to Guatemala and would use stuffed animals to pack them. Unfortunately, that opportunity came to an end, so nice to have another resource!
That’s a great idea to use stuffed animals for packing.
It’s never easy to donate stuffed animals, so it’s great to have this resource. I’ve heard of them, but never used them. The links in the text aren’t working properly, but I found another link that might work. I’m not sure if that is the same charitable organization. Is it?
Thanks for letting me know. I fixed the links. It is the same organization.
This is great! I never heard of “The Teddy Bear Brigade”. I added it to my charitable donation location page for my area. Thanks for sharing.
You are welcome Sabrina.
Many kids have huge collections of stuffed animals received from well-meaning friends and family, and most are in brand new condition. This is a great way to give them new homes!
Yes. I agree. Some many stuffed animals are in new conditions and can find a new home with a child who don’t have much.
A new one for me – I’ll definitely be sharing. Thanks for the great information!
You are welcome Sara. Nice to see you on the call earlier.
Oh, Janet, this is definitely going on my resource list for donations. Thank you for sharing this!
You are welcome Julie.
Hi Janet,
Thank you for sharing such a terrific resource. I had no idea this even existed. The collection of teddy bears in a family can get so out of hand. I can’t even keep track of all the ones my grandson has!!
Ronni
You are welcome Ronni.
I thought that stuffed toys had to be thrown out. I’m glad that they don’t have to suffer that fate. I like that they can continue to bring joy to new families when the time comes. Thanks for sharing, Janet.
I’ve seen so many brand one stuffed animals. They are best for donations.
Thank you for this resource! I had never heard of The Teddy Bear Brigade before, and it has always been a shame to trash stuffed animals because charities would not accept them.
Nancy, I agree and understand why charities don’t take stuffed animals. So it’s nice to have an option.