What is the toy drive?

Summer Santa reminds everyone that giving and volunteering for children is important year around, not just at the end-of-the-year holidays.

That’s why Summer Santa holds a toy drive in area schools each year. Top schools win trophies; but more important, students learn about helping others not as fortunate as them.

Students are asked to bring in a new, unwrapped toy (no toy guns, please) and drop them in a toy box in their school lobby during Toy Drive Week.

Toys are distributed to nearly a dozen area charities for children to engage in summertime play.

Where do the toys go?

Toys are distributed to nearly a dozen area charities for children to engage in summertime play.

The charities include:

  • Alliance for Children/Northeast
  • Battered Women’s Foundation
  • Christ’s Haven Home for Children
  • Community Enrichment Center
  • Community Storehouse
  • GRACE
  • Open Arms Program
  • SafeHaven of Tarrant County
  • I Can Still Shine
  • Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD

Summer Santa 2010 Toy Drive Results

The 14th annual Summer Santa Toy Drive in 2010 results are in:

We collected 2,442 new toys and books.

Our top hero is Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, which collected more than half the toys — 1,402. Amazing.

Of that, O.C. Taylor Elementary in Colleyville, Texas set a 21st century toy-collection record with 900 toys! Congrats to Principal David Kinney and the kids and their families for this mind-boggling effort!

Runner-up school district with a strong showing is Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD. Well done, kids!

Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Hurst, Texas rocked the house with a record-setting 545 books and toys for Summer Santa's kids.

It's tax time, and Liberty Tax Service and H&R Block jumped in to participate, as did the U.S. Census Bureau office, Wells Fargo in Hurst and the Boy Scouts of America!!

Thanks to the National Charity League/Southlake for their management of the drive, and Toy Drive Director Diana Reyes for a brilliant job!

  • Grapevine-Colleyville ISD WINNER
  • Grapevine-Colleyville Admin. (52) WINNER
  • Grapevine Elementary
  • Dove Elementary
  • Heritage Elementary
  • Colleyville Elementary
  • Bransford Elementary
  • Cannon Elementary
  • O.C. Taylor Elementary (900) WINNER
  • Grapevine Middle
  • Heritage Middle
  • Glenhope Elementary
  • Colleyville Heritage High
  • Colleyville Middle
  • Total: 1,402
  • HEB ISD
  • HEB ISD Admin.
  • Donna Park Elementary
  • Shady Oaks Elementary
  • Bedford Jr. High
  • Harrison Lane Elementary (75) WINNER
  • Euless Jr. High (128) WINNER
  • Total: 275

OTHER PARTICIPANTS:

  • Carroll ISD
  • Carroll Elementary
  • Carroll High
  • Hurst City Hall
  • Local Businesses
  • Liberty Tax Service – Hurst WINNER
  • Wells Fargo/Hurst WINNER
  • H&R Block WINNER
  • Census Bureau WINNER
  • Barnes & Noble (545 books and toys!) WINNER
  • Boy Scouts of America WINNER

In other toy drive news, Hillwood Middle School in Keller ISD has planned a toy drive for Summer Santa in May..... In addition to toys already donated by Liberty Tax Service, the business offered a 50 percent discount to customers who brought in a toy. Thank you Liberty Tax Service.... Borders book store in Colleyville conducts a 6-week toy drive for Summer Santa starting March 19th. Thank you Borders!



O.C. Taylor Elementary in Colleyville, Texas collected 900 toys for the 2010 Summer Santa Toy Drive, an amazing total!

2009 Summer Santa School Toy Drive Winners

Overall Toy Drive Champion
Hillwood Middle - Keller ISD (REPEAT)

Best High School
Colleyville-Heritage High - Grapevine-Colleyville ISD

Best Middle School
Hillwood Middle - Keller ISD

Best Elementary School
Colleyville Elementary - Grapevine-Colleyville ISD

Best Birdville School
Richland Middle School

Best Carroll School
Eubanks Intermediate

Best H-E-B School
Rivertrails Elementary

Best Keller School
Hillwood Middle

Best Northwest School
Medlin Middle

Most Improved District
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD

Special thanks also to Euless Police Department, Bedford Police Department, Hurst Police Department, Bell Helicopter Textron and Wells Fargo Bank.