‘Misfit Toys’ at Downtown Browsery in Albion help 65 kids pick out gifts

Press Release, Downtown Browsery in Albion

ALBION – A merry band of misfit toys assisted more than 65 children in picking out holiday gifts for their family members on Saturday.

The misfit toys include from left: Donna John, Diane Wight, Dar Krull, Linda Hollenbeck, Paula Brooks, and Liz Groat.

Dar the Dancing Reindeer handed out play money to the young children to “pay” for their selected special family gifts.  Gifts were donated by many Browsery vendors over the course of the year for the specific purpose of the children’s shopping extravaganza.

Young children often want to participate in the joy of gift giving, but do not have an easy way to purchase family gifts. The children were able to select gifts with the assistance of a Misfit Toy personal shopper, secretly wrap the gifts, and take them home to their Christmas tree.

Parents of the kids were appreciative of the opportunity for their kids to have their own secret gifts to give family. It is meaningful to kids and family members alike.

As the final young shoppers filed out of the Browsery at 3:30 p.m. with their gifts, the Misfit Toys were exhausted but happy to have put smiles on kids’ and parents’ faces. The Misfit Toys are expected to return next year.