Here is a great way to declutter your kids' rooms and help children that are going through a traumatic event.
David Hartman of On-Duty-Depot will be collecting the stuffed animals to be delivered to police officers. David builds police cars for a living and was formerly in law enforcement. Therefore, he is very closely tied to the law enforcement community. His store is On-Duty Depot located at 9750 E. 150th Street in Noblesville (on the NW Corner of 150th & Cumberland Road). Now that it is garage sale season, those of us who have children, will probably have a bunch of stuffed animals that the kids no longer want or need. Stuffed animals are hard to get rid of, and if you are like most people you hate to just blindly donate them to Goodwill.
David says "I can tell you all first hand how powerful of a gesture it is to a small child who has been traumatized at the scene of ANY incident for them to receive a stuffed animal from a Police Officer out of the trunk of his/her police car. THIS is why I am conducting a stuffed animal drive at my store. When I deliver a new car to a police department, it will be delivered with at least one stuffed animal and a note to the officer explaining its purpose so they can use it when they need it. I am asking for very gently used (and clean) stuffed animals not to exceed 24" in height. I will also be spreading the word to our local agencies that their officers can stop by during normal business hours and pick up one or two stuffed animals to keep in their car."
The stuffed animals will not be sold. They will ALL be used as a community service and given away free of charge to our local police to help the children who need it the most!
Drop off at On-Duty Depot located at 9750 E. 150th Street in Noblesville (on the NW Corner of 150th & Cumberland Road) Monday-Friday from 8:30am-5:00pm.
To learn more about On-Duty-Depot or to send a message to David with questions, please visit the On-Duty-Depot facebook page by CLICKING HERE.
David Hartman of On-Duty-Depot will be collecting the stuffed animals to be delivered to police officers. David builds police cars for a living and was formerly in law enforcement. Therefore, he is very closely tied to the law enforcement community. His store is On-Duty Depot located at 9750 E. 150th Street in Noblesville (on the NW Corner of 150th & Cumberland Road). Now that it is garage sale season, those of us who have children, will probably have a bunch of stuffed animals that the kids no longer want or need. Stuffed animals are hard to get rid of, and if you are like most people you hate to just blindly donate them to Goodwill.
David says "I can tell you all first hand how powerful of a gesture it is to a small child who has been traumatized at the scene of ANY incident for them to receive a stuffed animal from a Police Officer out of the trunk of his/her police car. THIS is why I am conducting a stuffed animal drive at my store. When I deliver a new car to a police department, it will be delivered with at least one stuffed animal and a note to the officer explaining its purpose so they can use it when they need it. I am asking for very gently used (and clean) stuffed animals not to exceed 24" in height. I will also be spreading the word to our local agencies that their officers can stop by during normal business hours and pick up one or two stuffed animals to keep in their car."
The stuffed animals will not be sold. They will ALL be used as a community service and given away free of charge to our local police to help the children who need it the most!
Drop off at On-Duty Depot located at 9750 E. 150th Street in Noblesville (on the NW Corner of 150th & Cumberland Road) Monday-Friday from 8:30am-5:00pm.
To learn more about On-Duty-Depot or to send a message to David with questions, please visit the On-Duty-Depot facebook page by CLICKING HERE.
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