What this boils down to is this: If you can’t make it to the actual Toy Bash event, you can MOST DEFINITELY donate to the cause before that happens. They’re ready to take those toys and make some dreams come true! We are blessed with a load of fantastic sponsors, and each of these sponsors has a donation drop box at their location. Did you know that we have drop boxes for donations up all around Southeast Missouri for weeks prior to the actual event? Many of our Toy Bash friends bring their donations the night of, whether in cash or toy form, and donate that night. Most importantly, thank YOU for taking part! You made the difference in a lot of lives this year! Author Happy Slapowitz Posted on DecemDecemCategories 2016 Toy Bash Tags 2016 Toy Bash, donations, Statistics 1 Comment on 2016 Donations Collected! Your Donations Matter Thanks again to all of the volunteers, sponsors, bands and venues in Downtown Cape that made this happen. We are also working on the date for next year, so stay tuned for that, too! We’ll be updating the site with more pics, videos and such as we continue to come down from this year’s event, so check back often. To speak to the food, you consumed over 600# of pork, 450# of potato casserole, 75 gallons of beans and 180# of slaw, all prepared by our stellar volunteer crew. Yeah, we’re makin’ a list… And that list means many, many happy kiddos. 69′ 7″. That’s how long the receipt from Toys R Us was.16 venues, 13 bands. This represents our highest participation ever in the Toy Bash, and we can’t thank these talented musicians and generous venues enough!.That’s pretty amazing, considering we usually have a 4:1 ratio there. Thanks to your generosity, this was the first year that your toy donations numbered higher than the toys we bought. This is the first year toy donations surpassed toys purchased. As you probably know, we take the monetary donations and go raid Toys R Us the next morning, filling carts and boxes with toys.Take a second to wrap your head around 3,500 happy kids. That’s over 3500 presents that will be wrapped and under the tree and putting smiles on kids’ faces come Christmas morning. 3500: This number represents the total toys donated to the Marine Corps League’s Toys for Tots.We’ll talk more about the fine details later, but here’s the short list: You worked so hard to get donations in the doors of our sponsor locations, and everyone that came out Thursday night really went the extra mile to make it all shine! WOW! We had nothing short of a fantastic 2016 Toy Bash. Bring a stuffed animal and at half time try to toss it into the box while cheering on the Lady Redhawks.ĭecember 13th is the Happy Slapowitz Toy Bash.Īuthor Cliff Morice Posted on SeptemOctoCategories Uncategorized Leave a comment on 2019 Schedule of Events 2016 Donations Collected! Come out to the SEMO vs SIU women’s basketball game at the Show-me Center at 6:30. Get you some Gouda and Cheddar Potato Cakes out at 829 State Hwy. Gordonville Grill is donating 10% of sales that day. If you can’t make it to the first one in October, this is the one for you.ĭecember 3rd is our final food day. November 25th will be our 2nd Open Elves meeting at 7pm. You can go to either the Jackson or Cape location and 10% of your food and soft drink total will be donated to the toy bash. This time you can enjoy some tasty wings at Wings Etc. I know it’s only a couple days after, but we are trying to help with your food planning for the week. Go and enjoy some great pizza and give back. Rosati’s pizza is donating 10% of all sales that day to the toy bash. November 19th is the first of our three food nights. We encourage everyone to patronize all our sponsors and if you can’t make it to an event, please drop off toys at any one of the sponsors. The week of November 11th we will be getting the toy collection boxes out to our sponsors. We will also be releasing what bands are playing and where they will be playing. Come out to Broadway Biergarten at 7pm to see and purchase your 2019 toy bash t-shirt. November 15th will be our t-shirt reveal and band release party. The meeting will be held at the Marine Barracks located just off Broadway at 2148 Kingsway in Cape Girardeau, MO. If you are interested in getting involved, please come and hear what we do and how you can be apart. 28th we will be holding our first Open Elves Volunteer meeting at 7pm. Here is a list of other activities we have coming up before this years bash. Friday the 13th is going to be a spooky good time at this years toy bash.
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