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February 2008
RePlay for Kids 3rd annual fundraiser party raises over $5,000 to support our activities. Want to be invited to the next fundraiser? Send an email to helpkids@replayforkids.org
January 2008
The RePlay for Kids 2007 Annual Report is now available. Download the report here (2007 Annual Report).
December 2007
RePlay for Kids donates 213 adapted toys to agencies in Northeast Ohio that provide services to kids with disabilities. These toys had been adapted at workshops throughout the year.
In the past 5 years (2002-2007), RePlay for Kids has held 61 workshops, during which over 1300 toys and assistive devices were repaired or adapted, resulting in savings of over $54,000 to agencies in Northeast Ohio.
December 2005 - November 2007
A lot of activity occurs with RePlay for Kids, so little to no updating of the website occurs. 
December 2005
RePlay for Kids receives a $5,000 grant from The Mattel Foundation to support our activities.
March 2005
An article about RePlay for Kids appears in Case Engineering Magazine. Read the article here (PDF file).
December 2004 - January 2005
RePlay for Kids donates over 100 adapted toys to nine agencies in Northeast Ohio. These toys were adapted throughout 2004 during monthly volunteer workshops.
January 2005
RePlay for
Kids participates in Operation Connect, helping to teach Akron, Ohio area elementary students about switches
that can be used by children with disabilities to activate toys and
other devices.
December 2004
RePlay for Kids becomes a popular media story for the
holiday season. Click on the links below to see the
stories. If the links are no longer active, click on the PDF file
next to the link.
August 2004
RePlay for
Kids receives a grant from the Pilot Club
of Akron to help support and expand our activities.
July 2004
RePlay for Kids and the NASA Glenn
Research Center collaborate on a toy adaptation workshop for 70 high
school interns at NASA. Read about it here.
March 26, 2004
The Center for Community
Solutions bestowed its MTV (Most Treasured Volunteer) award to
RePlay for Kids' President Bill Memberg at its annual
Human Services Institute conference. The award was nominated by
the Cuyahoga County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental
Disabilities in recognition of the years of volunteer toy repair and
modification that RePlay for Kids has provided to
agencies on Northeast Ohio.
December 9, 2003
The Cleveland
Plain Dealer has published a story about RePlay for Kids.
Read the story by clicking here (PDF
file).
March 10, 2003
RePlay for Kids receives a
grant from the
Gannett
Foundation (WKYC-TV3 locally) to help support our activities.
August 22, 2002
RePlay for Kids receives a
grant from the
Junior League of
Cleveland to help support our activities.
June 24, 2002
RePlay for Kids is approved
as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization by the Internal
Revenue Service.
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