Local Chevy dealerships collect toys for hospitalized children
Thirty- eight local Chevrolet dealerships will collect new toys to make this holiday season a memorable one for hospitalized children.
On Nov. 16, Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers Association kicked off its annual drive to support Troy- based nonprofit The Bottomless Toy Chest. This year’s Season of Giving Toy Drive campaign runs through Dec. 16.
“Like many nonprofits, The Bottomless Toy Chest has experienced challenges in raising funds and receiving donations. … This year, supporting The Bottomless Toy Chest will mean more than ever,” said John Fox, president of Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers Local Marketing Association.
“While COVID-19 has changed the way most of us live and work, it has not changed the fact that toys bring hospitalized children joy, distraction from disease and a sense of normalcy.”
The Bottomless Toy Chest delivers more than
30,000 toys year-round to 11 hospitals in southeast
Michigan, the homes of individual patients, and
local organizations that work with families af
fected by the pandemic, such as Downtown Detroit
Boxing Gym, HAVEN and Grace Centers of Hope.
“The amazing effort by the Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers has enabled us to expand our mission to not only serve kids with cancer and other serious illnesses, but also start a program to give a toy to every single child in the hospital, individually wrapped in cellophane to protect patients’ low immune systems,” said Mickey Guisewite, executive director of the Bottomless Toy Chest.
“While we’ve had to cancel all of our in-person toy deliveries and hospital events this year, we are still making sure the toys get into the hands of the children who need them most.”
For more information on the Season of Giving Toy Drive and drop off locations, visit www. chev ydetroit . com/ seasonofgiving. To learn more about The Bottomless Toy Chest, visit www.bottomlesstoychest.org.