This toy drive was started by Maia's big brother, Marcus, in 2015. He wanted to find a way to celebrate Maia's birthday each year and keep her memory alive. One of the things he always remembers about our hospital life is playing Bingo every Thursday. It was a time when all the kids, including siblings, gathered together in the hospital's Playroom for a game of Bingo, and every kid that participated won a toy! For patients like Maia who were unable to go down to the Playroom, they participated from their room as they watched the Bingo game on one of the hospital tv channels. Marcus not only looked forward to the game itself but he was eager to hang out with the patients. One boy in particular stood out to him. This boy had been a patient for over a year and every Thursday made it down to the Playroom in his hospital gown, dragging his IV pole alongside him. As tired and weak as this boy was, it didn't stop him from joining in on all the Bingo fun in the Playroom. Marcus realized how happy it made all the kids to receive a toy. It was something all the kids looked forward to, even more than he did, it seemed. These kids don't have the same opportunities as he has because they live in the hospital, and it makes him happy to see all the kids happy. So he started the Heart of Maia Toy Drive to make sure there are always toy prizes for all the kids! It's also perfect timing since most of the toys at the hospital are from the holiday toy drives and summer is when their supply starts to diminish. Unfortunately, Marcus also realized that many of these kids are not guaranteed a tomorrow and waiting for new toys during the holidays is not always an option for them...
that's why Marcus is so passionate about this toy drive.
Thank you for all your support!
Thank you for all your support!
Please remember the toys will go to kids in the hospital so they must be
NEW AND UNWRAPPED!
Drop off toys at the following locations:
Gold Medal Martial Arts
999A Edgewater Blvd. Foster City
866 N. Delaware, San Mateo
390 El Camino Real, Ste. F, Belmont
461 W. El Camino Real, Mountain View
Penelope's Coffee & Tea
3 Plaza View Lane Ste. N, Foster City
Sandwich Monkey
3 Plaza View Lane, Foster City
Jacklyn Kurth Orthodontics
1291 E. Hillsdale Blvd. Ste. 200, Foster City
Philz Coffee
113 South B Street, San Mateo
2248 Westborough Blvd., Westborough
2116 Broadway, Redwood City
2116 Broadway, Redwood City
Orangetheory Fitness San Mateo
101 South B Street, San Mateo
Talbot's Toyland
445 South B Street, San Mateo
Diddalidoo
544 San Mateo Avenue, San Bruno
La Petite Playhouse
1264 Oddstad Drive, Redwood City
St. Augustine Church
3700 Callan Blvd., South San Francisco
Heff's Barbershop
693 Monterey Blvd, San Francisco
Putnam Lexus
390 Convention Way, Redwood City
San Jose Auto Works
599 N. 4th Street, San Jose
The Ford Store San Leandro
1111 Marina Blvd., San Leandro
Marin Acura
5860 Paradise Drive, Corte Madera
San Francisco Harley Davidson
333 Corey Way, South San Francisco
Alcatraz Harley Davidson
2595 Taylor Street, San Francisco
House of Thunder Harley Davidson
16175 Condit Road, Morgan Hill
Monterey Harley Davidson
700 Cannery Row, Monterey
West Coast Harley Davidson
333 N. Main Street, Salinas
West Coast Harley Davidson
333 N. Main Street, Salinas
Starbucks
4131 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
565 San Antonio Rd. Ste. 28, Mountain View
580 N. Rengstorff Avenue, Mountain View
1380 Pear Avenue, Mountain View
1037-C El Monte Avenue, Mountain View
750 Castro Street, Mountain View
809 A Cuesta Avenue, Mountain View
175 E. El Camino Real, Mountain View
If you would like to donate toys and are not in the local San Francisco Bay Area,
you may purchase toys online (Amazon, etc.) and ship it to:
Heart of Maia
Heart of Maia
1347 Marlin Avenue, Foster City, CA 94404
For (tax deductible) monetary donations:
Credit card donations can be made online at:
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Donation Page www.makeagift.ucsf.edu
You can make your donation in memory of Maia Mead.
Please make checks payable to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
and write on note/memo Child Life Dept.- Heart of Maia
Send to: UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals Foundation
P.O. Box 45339
San Francisco, CA 94145-0339
To download the Hospital's Wish List click here:
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