South Portland Holiday Toy Drive

10/10/2026

✨ MARK YOUR CALENDARS ✨

Our kick-off event is less than a month away! Come learn, snack, drink and mingle while we kick off our 15th Annual Toy Drive at North43Bistro

We ask all attendees to bring $15 or a fuzzy / fleece blanket with you as a kick off donation.

We are really looking forward to seeing everyone and updating you on some new and exciting things ❤️🎄🧸🎁

09/24/2026

WE ARE SO EXCITED! 🎄🧸🎁 501c3 STATUS LOCKED!

This was a big accomplishment for us - and a lot of work! But it is opening up some wonderful doors for us which will only help the kids we give an amazing holiday to even more.

Stay tuned for more updates!

09/01/2026

Our September Deal of the Month is here!
Spooky Savings You Don't Want to Miss! 👻🎃 - https://mailchi.mp/bulletinbrands/spooky-savings-you-dont-want-to-miss-2026

07/01/2026

🎁🎄2nd Annual Christmas In July: Teen Edition🎄🎁

It maybe a ☀️heat wave🥵 out there but it’s never too early for us to be thinking about the holidays and the kids in our City.

As many know, teens are the hardest to shop for. ❗️WE GET IT❗️But they are a huge part of our drive each year and we are always running out of items for them and scrambling to the finish line with late night trips.

The flyer attached offers suggestions for popular teen items. Please, remember, all items must be ✨new and unwrapped✨

And if shopping just isn’t your thing, gift cards are great too! Places like Nonesuch Books, Dicks Sporting Goods, Aroma Joe’s and Target go 🙌🏼 A LONG WAY 🙌🏼

AND! AND! AND! We are officially a 501c3 🎈🎉❤️💥🫶🏻💃🏼 This means your donation is now a write off! YAY!

12/19/2025

🚒🎄COMMUNITY PARTNER LOVE🎄🚒

❤️ We couldn’t do what we do without the support of our partners.

✨ The South Portland (Maine) Fire Department is such a huge asset to us each year. From their kind donation to their manpower, we couldn’t do what we do without them!

🧸 For the passed few years, they have been the recipients of the Teddy Bear Drop from the Maine Mariners Hockey team. Almost all of our toy drive kiddos get a stuffy - no matter how big or small!

We also want to thank them for picking up 13 bikes at Dick’s Sporting Goods. A very generous man from our community purchased these bikes and the FD turned an ambulance into Santa’s Sleigh for the afternoon 🎅🏼

12/18/2025

🚔🎄COMMUNITY PARTNER LOVE🎄🚔

We couldn’t do what we do without the support of our partners.

The South Portland (Maine) Police Department helped deliver our empty donation boxes and then picked up the full ones and delivered them to the Community Center!

Not all Police Officers wear elf hats, but ours do - and we couldn’t be more appreciative of them 🎅🏼

We also would like to send love to Det. Erin Curry. She is on our committee and has so much care and love for this community. She goes the extra mile and is a tremendous asset to our efforts and the City of South Portland ❤️✨

12/17/2025

How amazing is our police department?! We are so grateful to have them as a partner in our efforts to make the holidays bright for the kids in our community 🧸🎈🎄✨

SoPo Toy Drive collection underway thanks to the Southern Maine Regional SWAT Team 🎄🎅🏽🎁

12/09/2025

🧸🎄The elves are out 🎄🧸

So grateful for these ladies fo helping us out with shopping each year. It takes a village and ours is THE BEST!

12/05/2025

Port Harbor Marine is ready for your toy donations! LET’S FILL THAT BOX 🎁🎄🧸

Stop by our South Portland location before December 11th to help us support the 14th Annual South Portland Toy Drive!

Port Harbor Marine is a proud participant for this community wide event to provide a new coat, boots and toys to local kids and teens in need.

Please stop by our South Portland (Spring Point) location to donate! Monday thru Friday, 8am-4:30pm.

Learn More: www.sopotoydrive.org

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12/04/2025

🎄🎁AN OVER FLOWING BOX🎁🎄

Jack and his mom, Jen, one of our Toy Drive Coordinators had to scoot down to Barber Bros. Meat & Provisions today because their donation box was literally bursting at the seams!

The box is now empty again but you have just over a week left to fill it up again! Thank you all for your kindness ❤️