Where should I donate pre-school puzzles?

[Anonymous]

Hello!
I have about 20 Melissa & Doug puzzles in great condition that I want to give away to an organization in need.
Does anybody have any suggestions of schools or organizations that could put them to good use and relatively easy to drop off?
I am in Bethesda, Maryland.
Thanks for any advice. I am not interested in Goodwill or other places that might resell them if possible.

[Anonymous]

The PEP program at Ashurton ES in Bethesda, A Wider Circle in Silver Spring

[Anonymous]

Any preschool would be thrilled to have them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello!
I have about 20 Melissa & Doug puzzles in great condition that I want to give away to an organization in need.
Does anybody have any suggestions of schools or organizations that could put them to good use and relatively easy to drop off?
I am in Bethesda, Maryland.
Thanks for any advice. I am not interested in Goodwill or other places that might resell them if possible.

Homeless shelter, children's hospital....

[Anonymous]

NIH has a children's center for sick kids.

[Anonymous]

Homeless Childrens Playtime Project: http://www.playtimeproject.org/get-involved/donate-goods/

[Anonymous]

Some ES schools have a preschool. I donated mine to my kids ES

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thanks for all your great suggestions. I was most interested in and looked up the Homeless Childrens Playtime Project but their list of *not* wanted included used toys.
Not to be provocative, but does the Ashburton PEP program really need donations? I imagine they have a healthy budget. Not to be controversial, I am asking out of curiosity as I don't want to donate to places that don't need my used toys.
Does anybody have information on dropping them off to the NIH -- where and when they accept them? Are they in need?

[Anonymous]

My DCPS teachers love when I go through my yearly purge. We have a LOT of educational toys, so it didn't stop with PS. We also donated about 150 books to the school library.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for all your great suggestions. I was most interested in and looked up the Homeless Childrens Playtime Project but their list of *not* wanted included used toys.
Not to be provocative, but does the Ashburton PEP program really need donations? I imagine they have a healthy budget. Not to be controversial, I am asking out of curiosity as I don't want to donate to places that don't need my used toys.
Does anybody have information on dropping them off to the NIH -- where and when they accept them? Are they in need?

http://marthastable.org/donate/clothing-and-housewares/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
My DCPS teachers love when I go through my yearly purge. We have a LOT of educational toys, so it didn't stop with PS. We also donated about 150 books to the school library.

I would imagine public libraries will accept them as well.

[Anonymous]

public libraries and your pediatrician's office.

[Anonymous]

My guess is the pieces would be a deterrent to the library

[Anonymous]

Our library has a few puzzles around for kids to pull out.

[Anonymous]

I donated all of ours to our local library. It's nice to see them being used!