PHILADELPHIA, PA (November 17th, 2016)- Youth Action (YA), a local student-led civic engagement non-profit is kicking off its 11th annual Toy Drive. The drive seeks to spread joy and happiness to many disadvantaged families who are not able to receive gifts this holiday season. Gift collection for the drive is from Wednesday, November 16th, 2016 until Friday, December 16th, 2016. Youth Action‘s toy drive is done in partnership with Peirce College.
This year marks the 11th Anniversary of Youth Action‘s annual toy drive and Youth Action is very excited to partner with Peirce College and other community partners to support families in need this holiday season. Since 2005, Youth Action‘s Annual Toy Drive has collected over 18,000 gifts for families in need during the holiday season.
For it’s 11th Annual Toy Drive, Youth Action will adopt families from Love and Care Residential Systems shelter in West Philadelphia and provide them with holiday gifts.
Youth Action would like to welcome contributions from the community to the drive. Interested contributors should contact Youth Action at inspire@youthactionteam.org or call 1-888-Youth90 ext 906. Also, individuals can drop gifts for children infant-17 years of age at Peirce College located at 1420 Pine Street Philadelphia, PA 19102.
Additionally, Youth Action will host a private event for families it will support at West Philadelphia in mid December. The event will feature toy distribution, food, games, and musical entertainment. Individuals interested in learning more about this event should contact Youth Action at inspire@youthactionteam.org. Each year, Youth Action‘s toy drive is spiritedly organized to impact as many families in Philadelphia. Youth Action‘s Managing Director Anthony Phillips says, “the students in Youth Action are incredibly excited about supporting families in Philadelphia during this time of the year. This is a Youth Action tradition in partnership with Peirce College and each year we do an amazing job helping families!”
For more information about Youth Action‘s Toy Drive please contact Youth Action‘s Toy Drive Coordinator Yasmin Khan at yasmin@youthactionteam.org or call 1-888-Youth90 ext 906. You can also visit our website at www.youthactionteam.org to learn more.
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