How to Donate Stuffed Animals

Stuffed Animals
For
Emergencies, Inc.

Where we help children feel a little more SAFE when they need it most!

All donations received go directly to children in need,
your items are never sold!

For more information about how to donate to SAFE please visit our How to Donate page or for a listing of locations you can donate to in your area, please visit our Chapters page. Thank you so much for visiting our site and for wanting to help!

Site updated
January 11, 2012

SAFE was just mentioned in the March 2011 issue of O Magazine in their second annual list of great places to donate items that you no longer need.

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SAFE was just mentioned in the April 2011 issue of Better Homes and Gardens in their article, 'How to Get Rid of Almost Anything.'

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As of May 3, 2009
69,545 stuffed animals have been donated by generous people in the United States, Canada and Japan!

Would your organization like a donation from SAFE?

Does your organization come into contact with children in emergency or traumatic situations? SAFE would love to help! Our service is completely FREE so please contact Jennifer at jenalloy15@gmail.com to let me know and we can get a donation to you right away!

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Donate your stuffed animals to our military!

SAFE is currently working with AdoptaPlatoon to get stuffed animal donations to our troops overseas. It may seem like a very small gesture but your donation can actually protect our troops while at war. Please see this letter below from a soldier in Ohio who was writing to his parents about how donations of stuffed animals have really helped them:

Mom,

Just wanted to write to you and tell you another story about an experience we had over here. As you know, I asked for toys for the Iraqi children over here and several Americans send them over by the box. On each patrol through the city, we take as many toys as will fit in our pockets and hand them out as we can. The kids take the toys and run to show them off as if they were worth a million bucks. We are as friendly as we can be to everyone we see, but especially so with the kids. Most of them don't have any idea what is going on and are completely innocent of this.

On one such patrol, the lead security vehicle stopped in the middle of the street. This is not normal and is very unsafe, so the following vehicles began to inquire over the radio. The lead vehicle reported a little girl sitting in the road and said she would not budge. The command vehicle told the lead vehicle to simply go around her and to be kind as they did. The street was wide enough to allow this maneuver and so they waved to her as they drove around.

As the vehicles went around her, a marine soon saw her sitting there and in her arms she was clutching a little beanie baby bear that he had handed her a few patrols back. Feeling an immediate connection to the girl, the marine radioed that they were going to stop. The rest of the convoy paused and the marine got out to make sure she was okay. The little girl looked scared and concerned, but there was a warmth in her eyes toward him. As he knelt down to talk to her, she moved over and pointed to a mine in the road.

Immediately a cordon was set as the Marine convoy assumed a defensive posture around the site. The mine was destroyed in place.

Love,

Your Son

As you can see your donation of stuffed animals to our troops can really make a difference. If you are interested in donating to AdoptaPlatoon please see our chapters page listed under Texas for more information. Thanks so much for wanting to help SAFE and our military!

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Thank you so much for visiting our site!

Stuffed Animals For Emergencies (SAFE) is a 14-year-old non-profit organization run completely by volunteers (chapter members). We collect various items such as stuffed animals, toys, books and baby blankets to benefit children during emergency situations such as fires, illness, accidents, neglect, abuse, homelessness and even weather emergencies such as tornadoes, floods and hurricanes. We also donate the items we receive to other childrens organizations, military organizations, libraries and even nursing homes. We accept new and gently used items for donation. This is a great way to reuse and recycle stuffed animals, toys, books and baby blankets that so many people have in their homes and just don't know what to do with. When we receive donations we go through and clean the items, freshen them up a bit and then donate them to emergency organizations to be given directly to children in emotional, traumatic or stressful situations. Your donation can really make a difference for a child when they need it most!

Currently we have 41 chapters throughout the United States. Please visit our chapters page to find a chapter in your area. If you are unable to find a chapter in your area, please go to our 'How To Donate' page for information and also you can find out how to open a chapter in your area! SAFE is currently looking to expand worldwide so your donation can impact a child in your own community, no matter where you live. If you are interested in opening a chapter in your country, province or state and it is not listed on our 'Chapters' page, again please check out our 'How To Donate' page for more information!

Thank you again for visiting our site and if you have any further questions please 'Contact Us' for more info!

SAFE is looking for new chapter members!

Would you or your group be interested in becoming a chapter member for SAFE? Please check out our 'Opening a Chapter' page for more information about what is involved. Below are the cities (or close to these cities) where we are especially looking for chapter members in:

New York
San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
Virginia
Washington DC
Cleveland, OH

Thank you so much for your interest!

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