HEARTS & HANDS TOY DRIVE
Bringing Holiday Magic
to Local Children
What began as a simple act of kindness has grown into one of Team Rudd Foundation’s signature traditions — collecting toys, gifts, and holiday hope for local children through the Middlesex Department of Child Protection & Permanency.
More Than a Toy Drive
Hearts & Hands is more than a holiday collection.
It is a community tradition built on compassion, generosity, and the belief that every child deserves to feel remembered during the holiday season.
Each year, Team Rudd Foundation collects new toys, gifts, gift cards, and holiday items for local children through the Middlesex Department of Child Protection & Permanency.
Every donation — whether it is one toy, one gift card, one collection box, or one person sharing the mission — helps bring joy, dignity, and holiday magic to children and young people in our community.
One act of kindness can become someone’s Christmas morning.
Hearts & Hands began with one question.
After Scott and David learned there were local children who might wake up on Christmas morning without gifts, they knew they had to do something.
The first toy drive was small, simple, and built completely on hope. A few local businesses agreed to host collection boxes. Friends, family, clients, and neighbors helped spread the word.
That first year, about 200 toys were collected for children served through the Department of Child Protection & Permanency.
It may have started with a few boxes.
But it became the first ripple.
When a child has nothing, something is everything
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When a child has nothing, something is everything 〰️
The First Ripple
How Hearts & Hands Works
Every year, Hearts & Hands brings together local businesses, schools, families, volunteers, and community partners to help collect holiday gifts for local children and young people.
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Local businesses, schools, offices, and community spaces host official Hearts & Hands collection boxes during the holiday season.
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Volunteers help spread the word, check in on collection locations, gather donations, organize items, and prepare everything for delivery.
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Supporters donate new toys, gifts, gift cards, clothing, and holiday items to help bring joy to children of different ages and interests.
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Donations are delivered to the Middlesex Department of Child Protection & Permanency to support local children and families during the holiday season.
It works because people say yes.
The Four Gifts of Giving
The Gift of Gathering
Host a Collection Box
Open your business, school, office, or community space to become part of the tradition. Hosting a Hearts & Hands collection box helps bring the toy drive directly into the community.
There are many ways to help Hearts & Hands grow.
Whether you give, gather, serve, or share, each act of kindness becomes part of the ripple.
The Gift of Giving
Donate Toys, Gifts,
or Gift Cards
Every donation helps brighten the season for local children and young people. Toys, gift cards, clothing, and holiday items all help bring comfort, joy, and celebration.
The Gift of Sharing
Spread the Word
Not everyone can donate a toy — but everyone can help the mission grow. Sharing our flyers, wish lists, collection locations, and posts helps more people join Hearts & Hands.
Four simple gifts. One powerful ripple.
The Gift of Helping
Volunteer Your Time
From setting up collection boxes to sorting donations and helping behind the scenes, volunteers make the magic possible. Giving your time is one of the most meaningful gifts of all.
Thank You to Our Toy Drive Elves
Hearts & Hands has grown because people, businesses, schools, organizations, families, volunteers, and community partners have continued to say yes.
Every collection box hosted, every flyer shared, every toy donated, every gift card given, every bag sorted, and every helping hand has helped bring holiday magic to local children.
These are the Toy Drive Elves who have helped make the ripple grow.
Advanced Dental of Woodbridge • Grateful Dog Groomers • Seeman Family Chiropractic • Fords Pizza Restaurant • Jersey Pizza Boys • Yelida Bakes • PetSmart • Joy’s Dance House •
Advanced Dental of Woodbridge • Grateful Dog Groomers • Seeman Family Chiropractic • Fords Pizza Restaurant • Jersey Pizza Boys • Yelida Bakes • PetSmart • Joy’s Dance House •
Midas • Soul Bowls • ESW Occupational Services • Woodbridge Metro Chamber of Commerce • Minuteman Press • Provident Bank • Wick Companies • ReVibe Style & Spa •
Midas • Soul Bowls • ESW Occupational Services • Woodbridge Metro Chamber of Commerce • Minuteman Press • Provident Bank • Wick Companies • ReVibe Style & Spa •
Floral Expressions • Nabod Studio • Primerica • Cultivate • Speak Freezy • For Pete’s Sake • My Pharmacy • The Coffee House Too! •
Floral Expressions • Nabod Studio • Primerica • Cultivate • Speak Freezy • For Pete’s Sake • My Pharmacy • The Coffee House Too! •
Bullseye Laser Tag • Technology Visionaries LLC • Wytech Industries • Curl Up & Dye • John F. Kennedy High School • Touchstone Crystal Team • Reliance Insurance Group / Acrisure •
Bullseye Laser Tag • Technology Visionaries LLC • Wytech Industries • Curl Up & Dye • John F. Kennedy High School • Touchstone Crystal Team • Reliance Insurance Group / Acrisure •
Strickland's Steakhouse • Knot Just Bagels • Shineavi Learning Center • The Kiwanis Club of Edison • Woodbridge Karate School • La Rosa’s Pizza & Italian Restaurant • Cypress Brewing Co. •
Strickland's Steakhouse • Knot Just Bagels • Shineavi Learning Center • The Kiwanis Club of Edison • Woodbridge Karate School • La Rosa’s Pizza & Italian Restaurant • Cypress Brewing Co. •
ECLC of New Jersey Chatham School • RWJ Primary & Specialty Care • John F. Kennedy Library • YMCA Piscataway Community Center • Westergard Library • Access Self Storage • Woodbridge School of Dance •
ECLC of New Jersey Chatham School • RWJ Primary & Specialty Care • John F. Kennedy Library • YMCA Piscataway Community Center • Westergard Library • Access Self Storage • Woodbridge School of Dance •
Oak Ridge Heights School #21 • Alpha Fit Club • Woodbridge Center Mall • Amboy Bank • OneZo Bubble Tea • Red’s Leaf Café • Keller Williams Elite • Woodbridge Senior Billiards Club •
Oak Ridge Heights School #21 • Alpha Fit Club • Woodbridge Center Mall • Amboy Bank • OneZo Bubble Tea • Red’s Leaf Café • Keller Williams Elite • Woodbridge Senior Billiards Club •
Jazzy Nails • Amboy Avenue Animal Hospital • Piscataway High School Key Club • Roberts Florals • Industrial Cooling Corporation • Salon Colour • Holton Chiropractic • GenScript Bio Tech Corp •
Jazzy Nails • Amboy Avenue Animal Hospital • Piscataway High School Key Club • Roberts Florals • Industrial Cooling Corporation • Salon Colour • Holton Chiropractic • GenScript Bio Tech Corp •
The Park at Woodbridge • Good Grief • Rogue Comics & Collectibles • House of Dentistry • Perry Dental / TMJ Center • Athens Gyro • Goodfellows • Dolce •
The Park at Woodbridge • Good Grief • Rogue Comics & Collectibles • House of Dentistry • Perry Dental / TMJ Center • Athens Gyro • Goodfellows • Dolce •
Made Man Barbershop • Joe Canal’s Woodbridge • RE/MAX First Advantage • RE/MAX Select • RE/MAX Properties Unlimited • Keller Williams Elite Realtors • Crunch Fitness • Villa Borghese Pizzeria • Babooshka Hair Salon • Lord & Taylor •
Made Man Barbershop • Joe Canal’s Woodbridge • RE/MAX First Advantage • RE/MAX Select • RE/MAX Properties Unlimited • Keller Williams Elite Realtors • Crunch Fitness • Villa Borghese Pizzeria • Babooshka Hair Salon • Lord & Taylor •
Current Toy Drive Information
Hearts & Hands Toy Drive details will be updated as each holiday season approaches.
If you are interested in hosting a collection box, donating toys or gift cards, volunteering, becoming a Toy Drive Elf, or partnering with Team Rudd Foundation, we would love to hear from you.
Together, we can help bring holiday magic to local children and young people in our community.
Help Bring Holiday Magic to Local Children
“When a child has nothing, something is everything.”
— Scott Rudd, Founder
Hearts & Hands is powered by people who choose to care.
From businesses that host collection boxes, to families who donate toys, to volunteers who help sort and deliver, every act of kindness becomes part of something bigger.
Because of this community, local children and young people served through the Middlesex Department of Child Protection & Permanency are reminded that they are seen, supported, and remembered.
If you would like to be part of this year’s Hearts & Hands Toy Drive, we would love to hear from you.