Giant Robot Los Angeles Toy Drive

Giant Robot is for the children:
Toy Drive for Aviva Family & Children's Services* *Drop off toys at either our GR2 or GR Silverlake locations before Friday, December 19th! *

Aviva Family & Children's Services is a non-profit in LA that offers a ton of resources to women and children in need of housing, mental/health care, foster homes, job training and a whole lot more. You can read more about them here:

www.avivacenter.org

Every year they have a toy drive to collect donations for the women and children that are in their residential and group homes, and other programs that they support. This year Giant Robot is going to take part and have two giant boxes to collect donations at GR2 and GR Silverlake. Donations will be delivered the week before Christmas in time to be given to the women and children who benefit from Aviva's programs.

Aviva has a holiday "wish list", but other donations can be made. Items should be new, or in REALLY good condition. Here are some ideas. If you have any of these items to donate, bring them in, unwrapped and put them in the box at GR2 or GRSL:

*Gifts ideas for teenage girls in residence*
Back packs (always needed)
Batteries (always needed)
Beauty items
Board games – all ages
Books – fiction and non-fiction – all ages
Boom box radios or alarm clock radios
Calendars
Card games – Uno, Old Maid, Go Fish
CD boombox
Costume jewelry
Desk lamps
Diaries / Journals (very popular with the girls)
Discmans
Gift certificates to fast food places, book/music, clothing stores
Hair accessories
Jewelry appropriate for teen girls
Lotions and body splashes
Nail polish sets
Make-up sets
Night lights - plastic
Phone cards with maximum 30 minutes
Phone book/organizers
Photo frames, albums, scrapbooks & supplies Arts & craft supplies
Posters – movies, motivational; music
School supplies – needed for high school students
Storage containers for personal items (cute for room)
Toy characters Disney/Warner Bros./Sesame St.
Videos & DVDs – PG –PG13 movies/music concerts

*For our foster children – boys and girls 0-18*
Action figures
Arts and craft kits
Baby clothes and toys
Basketballs
Board games – all ages
Boom boxes
Cars and trucks (Remote operated, Micro etc)
Cologne and perfume popular with teens
Discmans
Dolls – Barbie and other type – all ethnic groups
Gift certificates to fast food places, book/music, clothing
Learning toys (baby to primary grades)
Lego’s or building toys
Phone book/organizers
Posters – movies, motivational; music
Pre-school toys like Fisher Price
Puzzles – all ages
Stuffed animals and beanie babies
Toy cars
Toy characters - Disney/Warner Bros./Sesame St.
Watches – ladies and men’s for teens

*Activity supplies needed*
Balls – volley and basketball, Nerf
Beads and baubles for projects
Craft project sets (jewelry, scrap booking)
Gym mats for yoga
Magazine subscriptions appropriate for teen girls

GRLA, SF, and NYC

On Black Friday after Thanksgiving, people will get together, brave traffic, and go to malls. We understand that malls offer myriad of choices, but so do we. On November 28th--hopefully after you're filled with glorious turkey or Tofurky--we invite you to take advantage of our first storewide sale.

We're offering 20 percent off most items at our brick-and-mortar shops in L.A., S.F., and NYC. (There are just a few non-sale items such as artwork, since we need to support the artists.) This is a great opportunity to load up and take care of your holiday shopping before it catches up to you.

I know that many of you intend to help the "smaller folks" this holiday season, and I hope that includes us. Make no excuses, bring your friends, and help support Giant Robot. We appreciate your support very much and wish everyone the best.

-Eric Nakamura, Giant Robot

HOURS Until November 28th

Until November 28th store hours are Tuesday through Friday 1-7, Saturday and Sunday noon - 7.

20%!

SALE 30% OFF T SHIRTS

Take a big 30% off on all t-shirts at Giant Robot 2 and Giant Robot Silverlake!

Trumping all of the GR stores, GRSiLverlake got nominated for Best Children's Gifts as part of some new site that's nominating stores to get more traffic and notoriety. Yeah, we know it's a scam, and children's toys? Our cabinets are too tall for the kids, but if it's for big children, I guess we'll buy that... the bad thing is that they stole our photos.

Special 2K t-shirt sale going on at our Giant Robot Stores! Click on the image above an print out the coupon. It can be redeemed at any of the stores listed (sorry no webstore orders). Offer valid through April 29th, 2007!