Toy Drive Gives Millions of Toys to Millions of Kids

Commissioner Carmelo Vargas, left, City of Chicago’s Department of Human Services, and Terri Bartlett, center, executive director of the Toy Industry Foundation, assist Kassandra Medina, 8, and Marcos Rodriguez, 9, as they pick out toys during The Toy Bank’s Summer Toy Drive at the New City YMCA in Chicago, Wed., July 28, 2004. Phillip Baaske, executive director of the New City YMCA in Chicago, looks at a toy that Jessica Medina, 10, selected while Jan Arnold, vice president of operations of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, looks on. The Toy Bank will distribute more than 100,000 toys throughout Chicago and over 3 million throughout North America. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)

Playing with new toys, from left, Joshua Moore, 10, Breanna Chambers, 8 ½, Ryan Speese, 9 ½, and Iyesha Glover, 11 ½, during The Toy Bank’s Summer Toy Drive at the New City YMCA in Chicago, Wed., July 28, 2004. The Toy Bank will distribute more than 100,000 toys throughout Chicago and over 3 million throughout North America. (Robin Weiner/U.S. Newswire)