Awesome Joy Drive |

Help Us Make the Holidays Brighter for Underprivileged Youth in Berks County!

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It's Easy to Help Out Underprivileged Youth In Our Community!

Participating in this year's Awesome Toy Drive is as easy as 1-2-3! Check out the steps below and help put a smile on a child's face.

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Visit one of the Awesome Toy Drive locations listed below and select an ornament or two. Every ornament represents an underprivileged child in our area that would appreciate anything you can give this holiday season.

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This is the fun part! Many of our past donors have mentioned the amount of fun they have picking out gifts for the children. They've even included their own children in the process and made it a family event.

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Please visit the location you originally selected your ornament from and deliver the gift unwrapped. We also ask that you attach the original ornament to the gift, ensuring we deliver the gift to the correct child.

Who We're Helping Out This Year

Please take the time to visit each non-profit's website by clicking on their logo and see if there are other ways you can help.

Check Us Out on WFMZ!

Thanks to Caitlin Rearden from WFMZ for dropping by FXV Digital Design to learn more about the Awesome Toy Drive! We appreciate you helping to spread the word by doing a feature on us! This is going to be our best year YET thanks to our AWESOME Berks County community!

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Awesome Toy Drive Wishlist

Yes! We've made it even easier to help out those in need! Visit our Amazon Wishlist, choose your gifts, and they will be mailed directly to us for delivery to one of the awesome organizations we're helping this year.

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2025 Awesome Toy Drive Locations

Visit the following participating local businesses in order to participate in this year's Awesome Toy Drive. Please return your gifts to the location you selected the ornaments from, unwrapped, and with the original ornament attached. Thank you for helping us make a child's holiday brighter and a very special thanks to all the local businesses that are helping us spread the love this year.

Antanavage Farbiarz, PLLC
64 N. 4th St.
Hamburg, PA 19526

Berks Steals & Deals
3838 Penn Ave.
Sinking Spring, PA 19608

The New Bertie's Inn
160 Old Friedensburg Rd.
Reading, PA 19606

Cloud 9 Cafe
84 Commerce Dr.
Wyomissing, PA 19610

Comalli Taqueria
619 Penn Ave.
West Reading, PA 19610

FXV Digital Design
928 Penn Ave.
Wyomissing, PA 19610

Gilded Design Studio
80 Commerce Drive
Wyomissing, PA 19610

GK Elite
Reading, PA 19612

Golden Oaks
10 Stonehedge Dr.
Fleetwood, PA 19522

Grey Muzzle Manor
428A Main Street
Mohrsville, PA 19541

Jersey Ink
1601 N. 9th St.
Reading, PA 19604

The Market at Boyer's Junction
122 Pricetown Rd.
Fleetwood, PA 19522

Mendez Flooring
301 Penn Ave.
West Reading, PA 19611

Mimmo's Italian Restaurant
290 Morgantown Rd.
Reading, PA 19611

Muhlenberg Greene Architects
1268 Penn Ave.
Reading, PA 19611

Pampered Paws Grooming By Bree
4205 4th Ave.
Temple, PA 19560

Rajeunir Esthetique
64 Glen Oley Dr.
Reading, PA, 19606

RE/MAX of Reading
1290 Broadcasting Rd.
Wyomissing, PA 19610

Riverview Tree Gardens & Gifts
3049 Pricetown Rd.
Temple, PA 19560

Rooted In Wellness
1235 Penn Avenue · Suite 206
Wyomissing, PA 19610

Sarge Personal Training
30 Commerce Dr.
Wyomissing, PA 19610

Schaylor Brewing Company
2390 Lancaster Pike
Shillington, PA 19607

Shade Tree Embodied Wellness
2033 Penn Ave.
West Lawn, PA 19609

Sorrelli Jewelry
220 W Main St.
Kutztown, PA 19530

Sweet Cakes
27 Howard St.
West Lawn, PA 19609

Tina's Therapeutic Touch Massage
25 Stevens Ave · Suite B1
West Lawn, PA 19609

Velekei Giles Financial Advisors
955 Penn Ave.
Wyomissing, PA 19610

Victor Emmanuel II
311 Hazel St.
Reading, PA 19611

Wyomissing Hair Studio
948 Penn Ave.
Wyomissing, PA 19610

About the Awesome Toy Drive

What started as a simple gesture of thanks by helping a few underprivileged youths in the area, has blossomed into a mission to help as many as possible.

In 2019, Freddy Vasquez of FXV Digital Design was humbled by all the prosperity he received throughout the year. He knew he had to give back to the community that gave him so much and welcomed him with open arms when he and his family moved to Berks County in the Fall of 2009. Being an avid Christmas fan and remembering the joy he felt when playing Santa for local children, he decided he would target his efforts towards the underprivileged youth in the area.

He set his sights on only collecting 20 gifts, fearing he may not be able to achieve his goal and would ultimately purchase all the gifts himself. A few hours into his first day of collecting he knew he was wrong. After contacting CONCERN numerous times for more names of children, and utilizing social media, he was able to end the season with 150 gifts collected.

When the 2021 holiday season came around, Freddy decided to kick the toy drive up a notch and give it a name and a higher goal. Now known as the Awesome Toy Drive, this incredible effort has collected over 4,000 toys since its inception, supporting various organizations and children throughout the area. With each passing season, the goal is to continue doubling the previous year's total, bringing even more joy to children in need. Let's hope 2024 is our best year yet!

"I've been very blessed in my life and the only way I know how to thank the universe for giving me so much is by giving even more back, and when it comes to children, I'm all in. My goal is to collect for thousands of children in the years to come and beyond my time here on Earth." - Freddy Vasquez

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Get In Touch

Please feel free to contact us about toy drive details, or if you're a local business who's interested in being one of our drive locations. Thanks!

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