River Oak Center for Children’s 2024 Toy Drive
A Message from River Oak Center for Children
River Oak is one of the area’s largest providers of behavioral and mental health services for financially disadvantaged children and youth. We serve over 1000 children and youth on any given day with a wide array of innovative and evidence based practices to meet the individual needs of the youth and family with the highest quality of care. With the holidays approaching, which we recognize can be a stressful time, we strive to provide a gift to each child and their siblings in order to help brighten the season for families who are already facing challenges. Caregivers are often unable to provide gifts for their children as they struggle to meet basic everyday needs. Helping provide a gift for each of our clients and their siblings takes a major stress off them. In December we will hold our annual Santa’s Workshop[Now known as Winter Wonderland.] event and serve children and youth from birth through age 21. Last year at this event over 1,000 children and youth received Christmas gifts due to the generosity of our community. A list of ideas for the most requested items follows.
Please note that due to accounting guidelines, we prefer to not receive gift cards. Additionally, we are unable to give out any toys that look like or could be used as weapons along with items that are primarily solid blue or red in color. Thank you for understanding.
Toy Ideas & Requested Items
Infant:
Developmental Toys
Learning Toys
Building Sets
Stacking Toys
Crib Toys
Stuffed Toys
Pull Toys
Musical Toys
Instruments
Books
Children:
Baby Dolls (Multicultural)
Action Figures (Dc Heroes,Star Wars, Etc.)
Remote Toys
Board Games
Play Doh Sets
Lego
Sports
Science Sets
Arts (Slime, Craft, Etc.)
Mine Craft
Paw Patrol
Stem Games
Pokémon
Books
Pre Teen & Teen:
Curling Irons/Wands
Flat Irons
Blow Dryers
Journals With Pens
Portable Chargers
Wireless Earphones/Headsets
Bath & Beauty Products (I.E.Fragrances, Nail Polish Sets,Makeup Etc.) *No Razor Sets Please*
Sport/Team Jerseys (Size L&Xl)
Accessory Sets (I.E. Scarves,Beanies, Jewelry, Wallets, Purses, Etc.)
Sports Equipment
Games
Teen Bags
Teen Room Decorative Items
Camping Gears
Reusable Water Bottles
Wireless Speakers
Books