Volunteer-run since 2012.
Every child deserves a gift on Christmas morning.
Every toy collected here stays here. Tens of thousands a year, volunteer-run, across the Bay Area.
Everything in this warehouse was donated.
Joey’s Toy Drive collects new, unwrapped toy donations and distributes them as Christmas gifts to children in need throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Our mission, since 2012Started by Joey Childs at age 8, in San Jose, California
What Joey says it’s about.
“It’s more than us filling their car with toys and putting a smile on their faces. It’s giving them hope, and it’s making them feel loved and listened to.”
It was never just one kid.
Students give their weeknights and weekends to the drive, outside school and work.
Behind them is a Bay Area network that hosts its own drives: companies, schools, and faith communities, Fortune 500s among them. And it’s starting to spread, as volunteers bring the drive to their own towns.
A few of about 120 partner organizations a season.
Three ways to put a gift under a tree.
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 a confirmed location below, or ship from the Amazon wish list.
The drive runs November 1 to December 18.
November 1
The drive opens
Collection boxes go up across the Bay Area and the first toys start coming in.
December 18
Last drop-off
The final day to donate. After this, every toy is counted, sorted, and readied by hand.
Late December
Toy Day
The toys go out across the Bay Area.
Give a toy.
Drop one off at 186 Barnard Ave in San Jose, Mon–Fri, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.