Children’s hospital gets Toys R Us giraffe statue

WAYNE » The 16-foot tall statue of Geoffrey the Giraffe that greeted visitors at Toys R Us headquarters in New Jersey will be moved to a children’s hospital in the state.

NJ.com reports the statue will be housed at Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick. The bankrupt toy company put the 550-pound fiberglass figure up for sale along with other items from its Wayne headquarters.

Businessman Joseph Malfitano’s firm advised Toys R Us in its asset sale. Malfitano went a step further and donated $10,000 to ship Geoffrey.

RWJBarnabas Health board member Ken Rosen says the company will cover the cost to reinstall the statue.

Malfitano says he hopes the giraffe statue will comfort pediatric patients.