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Instant Replay Instant Replay is a toy exchange program devoted to supporting Philadelphia communities and providing access to play, creativity, and collaboration.

More than 125,000 children in Philadelphia grow up in poverty. Of these, nearly 60,000 live in deep poverty. Under these conditions, basic resources are in jeopardy, and for kids, play is a vital part of childhood. Play supports critical aspects of physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development. We learn problem-solving, strategy, coordination, cooperation, patience, resilience, and experimentation through play. Without access to toys and games in their early years, children in poverty run the risk of growing into young adults who struggle to compete in a larger society that demands the ability to collaborate, strategize, think creatively, and problem-solve. The goals of Instant Replay are (1) to keep vital resources in circulation between communities that have and communities that need; (2) to give low-income children and families easy access to play resources and the diverse skills that they encourage; and (3) to create the possibility of compassion and playfulness throughout Philadelphia communities. Instant Replay is a program in which various schools and organizations conduct month-long collections of gently used/new toys and games for kids 4-10 years old. The collections are then sorted by volunteers to ensure that the items are clean and complete. They are then delivered to organizations that work with low-income families to be distributed free-of-charge.

03/14/2019

Sorry for the delay in activity over the past year and a half. We look forward to restarting Instant RePlay this summer and next school year, so start saving those toys!

Thanks to Wilson Joe and colleagues at Cello Health Communications, as well as Marci Kotay, for their generous donations...
05/03/2017

Thanks to Wilson Joe and colleagues at Cello Health Communications, as well as Marci Kotay, for their generous donations! All were delivered today to the Children's Crisis Treatment Center. Way to PLAY it forward!!!

Thank you, Wilson Joe and Cello Health Communications, for hosting an incredibly generous and successful Instant RePlay ...
04/22/2017

Thank you, Wilson Joe and Cello Health Communications, for hosting an incredibly generous and successful Instant RePlay collection for the Children's Crisis Treatment Center! Your donations are greatly appreciated!

It's been a busy few weeks! Thank you to Michelle and Lucia Erickson and Taryn Perkins for their help in packing up HUND...
04/03/2017

It's been a busy few weeks! Thank you to Michelle and Lucia Erickson and Taryn Perkins for their help in packing up HUNDREDS of toys and books. Donations went to NorthEast Treatment Center, Penn Law Clinic, Mastery Charter School, Anti-Violence Partnership, Jefferson Hospital, HIAS PA, and the Nationalities Service Center. Whew! Thank you to everyone who helped to forge these partnerships and to donate items, and stay tuned for more collections this spring!

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03/13/2017

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Thank you, trusty helpers, for packing up more than 300 items for NorthEast Treatment Centers! The bulk of the items cam...
12/18/2016

Thank you, trusty helpers, for packing up more than 300 items for NorthEast Treatment Centers! The bulk of the items came from Awbury Arboretum's collection -- thank you! If anyone has gently used toys that you'd like to donate, let me know. I won't have another active collection until January, but we can coordinate a drop-off/pick-up and I can hold them until then. I know that desire to clean house, especially during the holiday!

11/16/2016

“One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn't as individuals. When we pool our strength and share the work and responsibility, we can welcome many people, even those in deep distress, and perhaps help them find self-confidence and inner healing.” --Jean Vanier

Each Instant RePlay collection overwhelms me with gratitude and reinforces me with connections and relationships. This past one came during a particularly shaky week in our society, and it kindled my hope in what we can accomplish through support and generosity.

Thanks to everyone who donated gently used toys at The Schuylkill Center Nature Preschool during October and November, and a special thanks to Shannon Dryden, manager of the Nature Preschool, who helped coordinate our second successful collection at SCEE!

Thanks to the amazing volunteers who helped to sort, clean, and pack up the 250+ donations -- Michelle Niedermeier, Taryn Perkins, Young Kim, and Laura Matheny, plus the incredible kids who also pitched in.

Finally, thanks to Belinda at Children's Crisis Treatment Center for making this partnership with Instant RePlay so seamless and for the powerful work that you do.

THANK YOU.

Thanks so much to Taryn Perkins, Michelle Niedermeier, and Elizabeth Zack -- and their incredible kids -- for their help...
10/16/2016

Thanks so much to Taryn Perkins, Michelle Niedermeier, and Elizabeth Zack -- and their incredible kids -- for their help today in prepping Instant RePlay donations from the generous Ali's Wagon collection! We packed up 165 toys for Smith Playground's Play for All program. Yahoo!

09/12/2016

Dropped off the collection bin at Ali's Wagon yesterday. The collection starts tomorrow! All items go to support Smith Playground's Play for All program. Clean out those toy bins! If you want a flier to post at your work/school, please message me. Thanks!

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