December 4th is less than 3 months away!

Hello Charlottesville, the Toy Lift Board will be meeting tonight to discuss out 21st annual Toy Lift! Do you want to be a part of our advisory board, be a sponsor or have a great idea for us?

Please contact us!

Thanks for your continued support!!

Toy Lift Board

Bama Works helps the Toy Lift!

We are thrilled to announce the Bama Works Foundation, aka the Dave Matthews Band, has contributed 2,500 to the Kids Lift Foundation. This will help us to purchase lots of new books for local children.

Click here for the full list of charities that benefited from their generosity.

Thanks to Bama Works!! And thanks to all of you that help us with your time, money and donations. We could not pull this off every year without all of our wonderful community support!

Many thanks,

KLF Board

See U2 for $20 and help the Toy Lift!

How would you like a chance to see U2 live at Scott Stadium and while helping the Toy Lift at the same time? IT IS POSSIBLE!! We are selling raffle tickets for a chance to win 2 U2 tickets (valued at $98 apiece) Raffle tickets are only $20. Only 200 tickets being sold, so chances are good. All monies raised go to ToyLift (www.kidslift.org). Drawing held on Sept 1.

Email Cyndi for more info.

Toy Lift in the Dogwood Festival Parade!

Come see the the Toy Lift in the 60th Annual Dogwood Parade! Elves are working hard to build a new Gingerbread House for Santa. Please come to the parade to see the progress they have made.

Looking for a few good volunteers!

Hello everyone!

The Toy Lift needs your help! We are looking for advisors to help us with volunteer coodination, food planning, event planning and media outreach, among other things.

Interested? Please email us or call 434-975-TOYS.

Keeping in touch!

Hello friends of the Toy Lift! We have now found more ways to inform you of our mission and more ways for you to help us help area children! You can now join our cause on facebook, and follow us on twitter, this blog and our website.

We look forward to giving updates of our progress as we head towards our 21st annual Toy Lift.

Thanks for your continued support!

KLF Board

The 20th Toy Lift in Charlottesville is Upon Us!

This year is the 20th anniversary of the Toy Lift and we hope it will be the most successful year ever!

One way you can help is to volunteer! How do we collect toys, sort them and distribute all in one weekend? Come to our volunteer meeting to find out how the lift weekend works and how we prepare for it and how we finish up for the year. It is a great time for families, friends, youth groups, scouts or anyone who loves to volunteer.

If you would like to donate a toy to the lift before Dec. 5th the early drop off locations are: Anytime Fitness – Crozet, CVaMP, Creative Press, Gold’s Gym, The Running Company, Seminole Total Health, Wilson School of Dance or you may email Jim Duncan for pick up service.

Want to donate to Toy Lift, but not sure what to get?  How about adopting a family?

Call us or e-mail us.  Tell us you want to adopt a family.  We’ll tell you how many kids, ages, genders, and what the kids really want.  You put together a complete package made up of main and secondary gifts, stocking stuffers, books & a family game or activity.Then just label your toys or books with the control # and bring them to Gold’s Gym and we’ll make sure it gets to the right family. You can specify  the size of the family you want, the age range you’re interested in, or even the county they live in! It’s also a great way for a small office or group to help.

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Kids Lift Foundation
Toy Lift / Books Lift Kids
PO Box 6762
Charlottesville, VA 22906
(434) 975-TOYS
info@kidslift.org
www.kidslift.org

We need a distribution center!

Hello Toy Lift supporters!

We are in need of a distribution center for this years event. We need at least 30,000 sf warehouse in the cville vicinity.  Loading dock would be preferable and so would heat, but we could sacrifice for a great space. If any of you know of a warehouse that is not in current use please email info@kidslift.org.

 

Thanks everyone!

 

Walker Duncan

It’s Toy Lift time Again!

Toy Lift season is fast approaching and it’s time to start planning!

This year’s Toy Lift is Friday, December 5th.  Advisory meetings begin next week.  Why would you want to attend an advisory meeting you might ask?

Maybe..

• You have always wondered how you could get more involved than just volunteering at the event
• You’d like to help with a planning committee (food, site set up, site activities, school liaison, PR & Media, Distribution center location & set up, book drives & leveling, toy drives..)
• Your business would like to learn about sponsorship opportunities
• You’d like to run your own toy/book drive
• You just love Toy Lift!

Vote for the Toy Lift in cVillain’s poll!

cVillain’s having a Charity Party!

This time, we will let YOU pick the charity and will give all event proceeds to that charity! Initial submissions start now and end on Saturday, May 3rd at Noon. We hope to raise more than $2,100 for the charity of choice.

Please take a moment and vote for the Toy Lift.