Nightmare Before Christmas

Annual Toy Drive

Every year, all year long, we collect gently used, like new, toys for Santa to give out to children at the annual Christmas Friendship Dinner. There are multiple ways you can help us support this cause:

  1. Gather your gently used toys and bring them to our annual Nightmare Before Christmas Toy Drive, held every Halloween at Gradient Expressions.

  2. Gather your gently used toys then contact us to schedule a pick up of your gently used toys.

  3. Gather your gently used toys then schedule a drop off with us at our mobile studio.

  4. Gather your gently used toys and drop them off at any of our public events found on our events page.

  5. Don’t have any toys but still want to support the cause, donate funds here. We’ll use those funds to purchase gently used toys from local thrift stores like Bishops Attic, Thrifters Rock, and Turn-A-Leaf.

All toys are washed, cleaned, and repaired prior to distribution to children via Santa. For every $10 donated a token is given in return as a thank you for supporting this cause. Tokens can collected and redeemed for services, products in our shop, or discounts on event bookings. Please see our token program page for more details.