Toy Run




Each Year The Tacoma Chapter has it Annual Toy Run the support the YWCA Womens Shelter at 504 Broadway St. in Downtown Tacoma.
We provide joy and good cheer for those who could use some around the Holidays. Each year we begin the run at a predetermined location and ride to the shelter as a group. We give giftes for all ages at the Shelter and then we ride to the Right Spot in Fife. Below is a list od items the Shelter could use:
  • All Ages
  • Bus passes
  • Ethnic hair care products
  • Gift certificates - clothes, food, etc
  • Movie passes
  • Pajamas, robes, slippers
  • Socks, underwear
  • Warm clothing, shoes

  • Children 0-4 years
  • Age-appropriate books: teaching colors, numbers, etc
  • Baby blankets
  • Care Bears
  • Fine motor skills toys
  • Learning toys & mobiles
  • McDonald's gift certificates
  • Multi-cultural dolls
  • Rattles
  • Small trucks, cards, telephones, play tools
  • Soft, squeaky toys

  • Children: 5-10 years
  • Action figures: Pokemon, Power Rangers, Dragon Ball Z, Star Wars, Dijimon, etc
  • Age-appropriate games: Chutes & Ladders, Memories
  • Art supplies & sets
  • Barbie dolls & accessories
  • Bead making sets
  • Bicycles & tricycles
  • Books
  • Dinosaurs
  • Electronic learning toys
  • McDonald's gift certificates
  • My Little Pony
  • Play-Dough
  • Puzzles
  • Small sports equipment: footballs, basketballs, soccerballs
  • Stuffed animals, dolls
  • Trucks, Hot Wheels, race cars, Tonka Toys
  • Children 11-17 years
  • Art sets
  • Bead making sets
  • Bicycles
  • Board Games
  • Books
  • Brain-teasers, puzzles, toys
  • Ipod, MP3 players, CDs
  • Gift certificates to mall stores
  • Hand held electronic games
  • Video Game Stations and Games
  • Small sports equipment: footballs, basketballs, soccerballs

  • Women
  • Bath/kitchen towels, blankets, comforters, sheet sets
  • Books
  • Calendars, day planners, journals
  • CDs
  • Decorative household items, clocks
  • Full-size toiletries/hygiene items
  • Hair dryers, curling irons
  • Jewelry, watches
  • Kitchen utensils, dishes, small appliances, pots & pans
  • Perfume/fragrance sets
  • Radios, small TVs, phones
  • Silverware sets
  • Umbrellas
  • Wallets, purses