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Important Info and Events

Clothing Reuse and Run!!!

The clothing portion of what we have known as Dump and Run will be taking place, Friday, September 18, Saturday, September 19, Sunday, September 20. We will have clothing, accessories, shoes, coats, gloves, scarves, floor lamps, some small appliances, table fans, bedding, towels, a snowboard and several surprises. Location is the old Greenstar Space at North Fulton and Court Street where the winter Farmers Market was held for a few years. Sunday we will hold the traditional Dump and Run Bag Sale for $20 per bag plus sales tax. Time is 10am-6pm daily. We are gathering information about the number of shoppers we can have at one time and will update as soon as we know. Please mark your calendars and get ready to shop and support Cops, Kids and Toys and NAMI.

Thank you Home Depot!

Cops, Kids and Toys would like to thank Home Depot in Ithaca for its continued support. We look forward to having you volunteer and appreciate the support you are always giving us!

Thank You Eagles!!

Thank you Eagles for having a very successful fundraiser! We appreciate your support!!

Volunteers Needed

We have the go ahead for Dump and Run and are now in need of volunteers to load, sort, and help with the upcoming sales. Please contact Bill Apgar for more information: 607-327-1563.

Motorcycle Ride Info.

We are disappointed to announce that there will be no Motorcycle Ride Fundraiser this year. With the social distancing needed and with so many unknowns we decided that it isn't in the cards for this year. We do hope that you will come to one of the fundraisers we are having at Texas Roadhouse in July, October and November. Tax deductible donations can also be mailed to us: Cops, Kids and Toys
836 Hanshaw Rd
Ithaca, New York 14850
We hope to have a motorcycle ride next year! We appreciate all of your support!

Thank You!

We would like to thank all that voted for Cops, Kids and Toys for the Southern Tier Tuesdays Grant for the month of July. We are grateful to be one of the July recipients. Bill Apgar will be discussing Cops, Kids and Toys on WBGN after July 4th and we will keep you posted so that you can see Bill on TV and learn more about Cops, Kids and Toys. Thank you so much to Southern Tier Tuesdays and all that voted for us!!!

Shopping Local

spo8/26/7/11/2020 SHOPPING LOCAL: 2020 has brought many changes. Cops, Kids and Toys is making a significant change and began shopping for gifts for the children of Tompkins County, NY locally in May. We have been working with shops like Alphabet Soup, Cat's Pajamas, and Sunny Days in Ithaca, as well as Klein's Archery in Dryden to get ready for the holiday season of 2020. We have also done shopping at Walpole's Variety in Groton, and have reached out to other local businesses and will be updating the stores we are working with as they become available. Please contact us with ideas that you have for local shops in Tompkins County that would be places where we can shop for the children infant through 18 that we serve. Update 5/23/2020: Avital's Apiaries, Ithaca will be working with us to enable us to give the older girls locally made bath and body products. 5/29/2020: We will be shopping at Sundrees, in Trumansburg. 6/5/2020 We are excited to have the Brain Shoppe, Ithaca partnering with us. 6/8/2020 We are thrilled to be partnering with Jillian's Drawers, Ithaca. 7/11/2020 We shopped at Sundrees in Trumansburg and are excited about the gifts we purchased there. 8/26/2020 Instant Replay Sports in Ithaca has helped us to get sports balls for the children that apply.

We have been asked how people can help with our shopping local movement for our holiday toys. One way is to make purchases from the shops that we have purchased from and donate them to us. Remember we serve children infant to 18 in Tompkins County, NY. Another way is by sending us a donation to: Cops, Kids and Toys, 836 Hanshaw Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850. We truly appreciate the support that we have received from our decision to buy local.

We would like to thank the members of Cops, Kids and Toys for helping with the placement of flags at Calvery Cemetery, Ithaca for Memorial Day.

It is with deep sadness that we inform our community that George Sutfin, a founding member of Cops, Kids and Toys, passed away suddenly this week. Our deepest condolences go out to Sandy and their family. He will be missed and we have big shoes to fill, and will always remember his focus on the children of Tompkins County. His obituary can be found here.

In 2019 we served nearly 700 families and more than 1,500 children. We hope we made a difference.

Since the early 1980’s Cops, Kids & Toys has grown. During the early years the volunteers thought that they were going to fall short, but the Tompkins County, New York community has always come through. Cops, Kids & Toys volunteers work throughout the year raising funds. You may have seen them collecting returnable bottles and cans at the Grass Roots Festival or helping at the Cornell Dump & Run Sale. We could never do it without the support of the community. The program continues with that same goal and has been able to help more families in Tompkins County over the years. Applications are taken for toy delivery in the months of October and November. Cops, Kids & Toys delivered to more than 550 families with nearly 1,250 kids. Monetary donations are accepted anytime at any county law enforcement agency or the Tompkins County Probation Department. Checks should be made out to Cops, Kids & Toys, Inc. Monetary donations may also be mailed (See info on Donation page).

Board Meeting are
the 2nd Tuesday
of each month 1:30pm at the Cayuga Heights Police Department.
The public is always welcome at any board meetings .

Cops, Kids & Toys
collects, purchases, and distributes toys and gifts to financially disadvantaged children in Tompkins County.

The program started in the early 1980‘s with two Ithaca City Police officers helping out a few children.

It is currently supported with volunteers from every law enforcement agency in Tompkins County, the Tompkins County Probation Department, and many volunteers.