A Zeta Toy Story

Last weekend, Zeta went to the Salvation Army warehouse to help sort toys. Gemini, one of our local alumni chapters, accompanied us.

We sorted pallets full of boxes of donated toys.

Some toys took us for a stroll down memory lane, with classics like Play-Doh, Barbie, toy cars, and Etch-a-Sketches. Even though it's only March, the Salvation Army has tons of donations to be sorted and packaged before the holidays.

Jen, our service VP, and some of her favorite childhood toys!

We sorted the toys by gender and age, usually in a 2 year range. While it's easy to tell what toys are appropriate for each gender, we questioned a few. Several science kits and crystal makers had us scratching our heads. These might be stereotyped as 'boy toys', some of our members begged to differ. Our female engineering majors said they would have loved to play with these as kids and chose to give some to the girls. By sorting toys this way, we hope to encourage young girls to enter the science field.


The last hour we packed boxes and labeled them according to contents.

After a day of hard work, we went home tired and content.  A fun time was had by all!

We always enjoy alumni service projects, and look forward to serving with Gemini more in the future.

And Gammy, too!