Hayden's Toy Drive began in 2006, when Hayden was 4 years old. We had been taking toys to the hospital on Hayden's birthday every year just to thank the staff for being so wonderful to Hayden.
Hayden stood up in his preschool class and announced that we were collecting toys for the hospital. Then, Hayden started going around to his grandparents, aunts & uncles, friends, doctors and complete strangers and telling them about the toy drive. That is where it all began.
In the first year of the toy drive, we collected 766 toys and $5610. Pretty good for a 4 year old asking for donations.
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