Joey’s Toy Drive

A few hours before the house wakes.

So that no child wakes up to nothing—
but to something.

Joey’s Toy Drive is a volunteer-run Bay Area Christmas toy drive. Thirteen Decembers in, we are still chasing one quiet morning at a time.

Give a toyRead our mission
A volunteer hands a wrapped toy to a smiling child at the Joey's Toy Drive distribution
Toy Day in San Jose — every toy collected in the Bay Area stays in the Bay Area.
to: a kid who hoped

A small idea from an eight-year-old, now carried by a whole region.

40,000

new toys collected in the 2025 drive

9

Bay Area counties reached on Toy Day

~120

partners, Fortune 500s among them

13

Decembers, still 100% volunteer-run

Joey’s Toy Drive exists so that no child in our community wakes up to nothing on Christmas morning.

Our mission, since 2012Started by Joey Childs at age 8 — San Jose, California

A young boy in a Santa hat carries a new boxed toy out of the Joey's Toy Drive warehouse on distribution day
Distribution day in San Jose — what “something” looks like when a child carries it home.

The toys come from people who decided to show up.

Companies across the Bay Area run their own drives, then send every toy to San Jose. Fortune 500 companies host alongside the small teams down the street.

  • LinkedInWorkplace drive partner
  • MetaWorkplace drive partner
  • RobinhoodWorkplace drive partner
  • UBSWorkplace drive partner
  • CostcoWorkplace drive partner
  • + moreabout 120 partners run a drive each season

Three ways to put something under a tree.

Pick the one that fits your December. None of them takes much — and together they fill a warehouse.

Give a toy

One new, unwrapped toy for a child aged 0 to 17. Drop it at our San Jose warehouse, or order from the wish list and have it sent straight to the drive.

Give a toy

Host a drive

Set up a collection box at your office, school, or gym. We send a starter kit, and we pick up donations of 50 or more, free.

Host a drive

Spread the word

Tell a coworker, post it, forward this page. Reach is the cheapest gift of all — and it is the one that fills the gaps.

See the impact

Nine counties, find a drop-off near you.

Every toy collected across the Bay Area returns to San Jose, then goes back out to a local child. Drop one off at any location below — or ship from the Amazon wish list.

The season has a shape.

It opens quietly in November and ends in a warehouse full of color. Three dates hold the whole thing together.

  1. November 1

    The drive opens

    Collection boxes go up across the Bay Area and the first toys start coming in.

  2. December 18

    Last drop-off

    The final day to donate. After this, every toy is counted, sorted, and readied by hand.

  3. Late December

    Toy Day

    The toys go out across all nine counties — in time for Christmas morning.

Help every child wake up to something.

One toy is one morning changed. The drive runs on people who decide that’s worth a trip to the store.

Give a toyHost a drive