A San Jose teen made it his goal at just 7 years old to make sure every kids had a new toy for Christmas. Now 12 years later, his toy drive is giving away 30,000 toys.
A San Jose teen made it his goal at just 7 years old to make sure every child had a new toy for Christmas. Now 12 years later, his toy drive is giving away 30,000 toys. Joey Childs, 19, who is a freshman at Oklahoma State, is back home for winter break, doing something he started as a kid – Joey's Toy Drive. "I remember starting really, really small.
It’s giving them hope, and it’s making them feel loved and listened to," he said. More than 50 Bay Area businesses and schools helped donate toys for the drive, and the group Global Empowerment Mission helped secure about 15,000 toys. The volunteers behind it all have been helping Joey for years and are now teenagers."I would not be able to do this by myself, not even half of what we do.
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