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REGION In our contactless, masked, and socially distanced 2020, there’s something that hasn’t changed.
It’s been true through the Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital Toy Closet’s 27 years of existence: Children need to play.
And this December, with holiday-season toy drives and fundraisers on pause (items collected in toy drives will not be accepted), and in-person donations prohibited, it’s the reason for the creation of a registry for virtual donations to the Toy Closet this holiday season.