From Feb. 24 to March 24, The Joy Project will be collecting stuffed animals and monetary donations to benefit the patients at local children’s hospitals. Kindergarten student Haley Whatley started The Joy Project in 2001 as a way to collect bunnies for patients around Easter, which is now an annual drive that has collected more than 50,000 bunnies and bears.
While The Joy Project is still working on finalizing several donation locations, finalized donation locations for this year’s The Joy Project drive include the Southlake Police and Fire Department, Smile Doctors - Anthony Patel Orthodontics, TasteBuds Kitchen, the Southlake Chick-Fil-A, Complete Car Corporate Office, Chapel Hill Children’s School at White’s Chapel Church, Walnut Grove Elementary, Johnson Elementary, Carroll Elementary, Old Union Elementary and Rockenbaugh Elementary, Durham Intermediate School, Walker Creek Elementary in North Richland Hills and the City of North Richland Hills.
The Joy Project is also accepting donations for Cook Children’s Hospital online. Learn more about this year's drive at https://bit.ly/2V1MrV2.