Pay It Forward! 10th Annual Children's Hospital Toy Drive in Memory of Sammy Tennyson.

Hi PHATE friends.  We know this is early, but we really wanted to help The Tennyson's with the Chidren's Hospital Toy Drive this year.  In Memory of Sammy Tennyson. 

It is time for us to PAY IT FORWARD and we are hoping you can help.

For more information, contact us at gary@alexandrasphate.org

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10th Annual Children’s Hospital Toy Drive in Memory of Sammy Tennyson

Our family is getting ready to load up the U-Haul and play Santa once again!

We are collecting new toys and donations to be hand delivered to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh before Christmas.

This will be our 10th Annual toy collection drive in loving memory of our son Sammy Tennyson who passed away 4 days before Christmas in 2001. We decided that year to donate all of his Christmas presents to Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh since he spent so much time there. Sammy had a very rare Metabolic disorder called Carnitine Acylcarnitine Translocase Deficiency (CACT), where your body is unable to absorb certain fats for energy. He is only 1 of 30 cases ever reported. Each year we will continue this tradition in loving memory of our son.

So, if anyone is interested in donating, we are accepting any kind of new toy from: books, videos, board games, puzzles, Barbie's, stuffed animals and toys for teenage kids too! All toys must be new but books, DVD’s and video games may be used if they are still in good shape. We will also accept monetary donations that will be combined to purchase items such as Playstations, XBOX, video games, DVD players, etc for the play rooms. Checks can be made payable to Lisa Tennyson and they will be combined together to purchase gifts donated in the name of our son, Sammy Tennyson.

The purpose of our toy drive is to brighten a child's life and let them forget about their pain even if it is only for a little while. Toy donations will be given to the Child Life Department, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. This department provides activities, toys, movies, and other special projects for the in-house patients. (Any and all donations that are not given out at Christmas will be used throughout the year for prizes such as Bingo or other games, birthdays, etc.)

All toys must be "UNWRAPPED" due to security reasons and this also gives the opportunity for the staff to give each child an age-appropriate toy.

Toys or donation can be mailed to:


Lisa Tennyson
25 Fayette Ave
Oakdale, PA 15071
Email: douglas.tennyson@verizon.net
Phone # 724-693-2705

We would be more than happy to come pick it up! We are taking donations up to Monday December 19th and will be delivering them to Children’s Hospital on Wednesday, December 21st.

We’d like to thank everyone in advance and wish all of you a happy and healthy Holiday Season!



Happy Holidays!

Doug, Lisa, Brad & Lucas Tennyson

If you would like to make a donation to Sammy's Children's Hospital Toy Drive via Alexandra's PHATE, please visit our website at http://www.alexandrasphate.org/donate_phate.html.  Please designate your donation as being for the toy drive, so that we can distribute the funds, accordingly.

Gary Tate Jr.
President and Founder
Alexandra's P.H.A.T.E.
Pittsburgh, PA
412-860-4557
http://www.blogger.com/gary@alexandrasphate.org