Hello Parents!

Each year, we help support children in need in Austin with a toy drive. I choose SafePlace because so many of those children have to leave absolutely everything behind. The holidays can be a painful reminder the pets, friends and material goods they used to have, but had to leave for their own safety.

When we talk about this with our students at school, we mention that the children we will help have had to leave everything behind so they can be safe. Their home was no longer a safe place for many different reasons. In my experience, children have huge hearts and want to give their own Christmas gifts to help those in need. Please ensure that all gifts are new, unwrapped and nonviolent.

After we introduce the motivation behind our toy drive, we set a goal as a class. The school-wide goal is to fill my Tahoe! In past years, children and parents have donated so many toys that my Tahoe was filled from floor to ceiling, trunk to passenger seat with toys for children! It’s amazing.

We will introduce our SafePlace toy drive this Friday, December 8th. The teachers will email you and let you know about individual class goals.

I will drive to the SafePlace warehouse on Thursday, December 21st to drop off the toys. Let’s fill up the Tahoe 😉

If you would like to donate money to SafePlace, please visit this website.