Toys for Kids. 2012 Toy Run.

Conan of Cooma said :

Yeah, because poor kids need toys, not food or shelter. Perhaps they can put the toys right next to the 42″ LCD TV their parents bought with the baby bonus when they were born.

You embarrass yourself with this sort of fishing expedition. DId you hope the right wing nutters would spring in with a bunch of “well saids”?

thatsnotme said :

I guess that would have disrupted his ‘anyone suffering financial difficulty has blown their baby bonus on hookers, blow and giant flat screen TV’s’ argument though, and we can’t have that!

This. I can not tell you how sick I am of that argument.

St Johns Care feeds more than 6000 Canberra & region people a year plus another 400+ on Christmas Day, not bad for an almost totally volunteer based organization operating in an old classroom; it also strongly advocates for the Safe Shelter project (in the news today http://bit.ly/VCUpds) and Common Ground. The massive Salvation Army does heaps of emergency relief and has the tender for various homelessness services in Canberra and all over the place.

(I did actually already know this, I wonder if my attempt at sarcasm before didn’t come off very well.)

What these organizations also know from providing food and shelter is that what matters at least as much is company and caring and not letting people feel isolated. That’s where the Christmas presents, wrapping paper and cards, Christmas food etc come in, among other things. Not celebrating something is all very well if it’s a choice but pretty hard on the family if it’s just because there’s no money.

Conan of Cooma said :

Yeah, because poor kids need toys, not food or shelter. Perhaps they can put the toys right next to the 42″ LCD TV their parents bought with the baby bonus when they were born.

Of course they need food and shelter, which these organisations do also provide.
A nice toy for a child that literally has nothing can make them so happy and a huge difference.

clj said :

Conan of Cooma said :

Yeah, because poor kids need toys, not food or shelter. Perhaps they can put the toys right next to the 42″ LCD TV their parents bought with the baby bonus when they were born.

Thanks Conan, I will suggest this to the Salvation Army and St John’s Care. I don’t think they offer or support any food or shelter programs but it’s a great idea.

What a shame Conan couldn’t do a simple Google search for you, which would have confirmed that his concerns were well addressed by the programs that both organisations currently provide. I guess that would have disrupted his ‘anyone suffering financial difficulty has blown their baby bonus on hookers, blow and giant flat screen TV’s’ argument though, and we can’t have that!

Conan of Cooma said :

Yeah, because poor kids need toys, not food or shelter. Perhaps they can put the toys right next to the 42″ LCD TV their parents bought with the baby bonus when they were born.

How many poor kids do you know? How many parents of poor kids do you know that have 42″ LCD televisions? I suspect you are poorly informed but if you care to quote your references I’m prepared to be educated.

Tessmess said :

If you’re keen to join in on this sort of ride, the MRA also have an annual Blanket Run in May. Same sort of deal as the Toy Run – donate blankets, food, cash – and the ride follows the same route. Keep an eye out for it next year.

There’s a cool video about this year’s Blanket Run on YouTube

http://youtu.be/rilkGQep1cY

No points for guessing who made it. 🙂

If you’re keen to join in on this sort of ride, the MRA also have an annual Blanket Run in May. Same sort of deal as the Toy Run – donate blankets, food, cash – and the ride follows the same route. Keep an eye out for it next year.

Conan of Cooma said :

Yeah, because poor kids need toys, not food or shelter. Perhaps they can put the toys right next to the 42″ LCD TV their parents bought with the baby bonus when they were born.

Thanks Conan, I will suggest this to the Salvation Army and St John’s Care. I don’t think they offer or support any food or shelter programs but it’s a great idea.

Yeah, because poor kids need toys, not food or shelter. Perhaps they can put the toys right next to the 42″ LCD TV their parents bought with the baby bonus when they were born.