FiM toy donation question. · 9:49pm Apr 25th, 2016
Hey everyone. Nice to see you all again, it has been a little while. I have a bit of an issue that I could use some help with.
First of all, the important stuff. Yes, I am doing okay. I'm healthy. It's been about eight months I think since my little girl died, but I have made some pretty big changes since then. Some of those changes have involved letting go of certain things that tie me to both my little girl and my late wife, from small things like toys to the house we lived in.
The house was actually the easiest to let go of. Little Witch unfortunately left me with a sizeable collection of FiM merchandise. A lot of it was plastic junk that I had no trouble disposing of, but about two dozen figurines, dollies, booklets and comic books were dearly loved by her. That's the problem I'm having; I need to part with them, but I can't bring myself dispose of it all.
That's when I started thinking about places where one can donate toys. I looked around and found several hospitals that accept toy donations. Unfortunately these donated toys need to meet certain safety and hygiene criteria and not a lot her toys seem qualify. For example, not all toys are easily cleaned and particularly in the children's terminal ward hygiene tends to be a very, very serious issue.
I thought the FiM community might be able to help me find a better home for these toys, someplace less restricting than hospitals. I won't let them go to waste in someone's private collection, I want them to be used until they fall apart. By kids or adults, I don't care so long as they are loved. Does anyone know of some place that might work out for me?
Yeah, that's pretty much all I wanted to know about. Thanks for the help.
Welcome back, my friend. *hugs* I don't have any good suggestions for you, alas, but it's good to see you again, even if you're not sticking around. Perhaps a local kindergarten could use the toys?
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I send them an email, thanks for the tip. I appreciate it.
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There are only two around here, but it doesn't seem right since pretty much everyone knows who she was. I'm not even really sure if they take donations. Maybe I'll give one a bit futher out a call if I can't find a nicer solution.
If all else fails, you could sell them, but donate the money to a children's hospital.
Stay strong my friend.
I am so sorry.
Maybe, you can donate the toys to a daycare-center.
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Not sure. Charity money is good, but I'd have no control over where they end up. Well, like you say, if nothing else works out I can consider that. Thanks.
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It's on the list. I don't think they all accept donations, but it's something I need to get to the bottom of. Thanks.