Toys for Joys, Inc. is all about community engagement, holiday joy, and supporting our less fortunate kids and teens during the holiday season. The pandemic prevented our annual gift gala, but our sponsors and donors graciously continued to support our 100% volunteer organization, allowing us to help thousands more children and teens in need.

WE NEED 29 BUSINESSES TO SPONSOR A DCF OFFICE FOR $2,500!!!

Each year, we strive to raise $100,000 for the purchase of toys and gifts to help THOUSANDS of less fortunate children and teens during the holidays. We are SANTA for numerous organizations helping thousands of families. In addition, we provide toys/gifts to the ENTIRE FOSTER SYSTEM (29 offices) in the state of Massachusetts, partnering with Wonderfund of Massachusetts.

Scroll down and learn about the impact we’ve had and the impact we will have again in 2025 with YOUR HELP!

Please, if you can, help us rally and continue to support our mission again this year to help our Massachusetts children and teens in need along with all of our 29 DCF Offices.

Thank you so much…

We are indebted to our incredible supporters, partnering organizations, volunteers, and donors. Your generosity has allowed Toys for Joys to positively impact an unprecedented number of Massachusetts children and families for 23 years. In 2024 T4J purchased and distributed over 7,000 toys and gifts. In 2025, we have a goal of 10,000!! With the help of 29 new businesses and/or individuals to sponsor one of the 29 DCF offices (serving the foster system), we can do this. A $2,500 sponsorship per office would make all the difference. Please help us with our goal, by an introduction to yourself or someone else.

You help those in your community…

We are a 100% volunteer organization with very little overhead (about 2%). The gifts we collect and purchase stay in Massachusetts. Your donation/sponsorship will bring a smile and a sense of hope to children, teens, and families this holiday season in your community! Our vetted partner organizations care for underprivileged children, teens and families in Massachusetts helping thousands of people suffering from poverty, food insecurity, mental illness, and other major life challenges.

And so, our mission continues in 2025…

In 2002, we started as a small housewarming holiday party with a small tree and a few bags of donated toys. Since then, Toys for Joys has become a 501c3 organization and has provided over 70,000 toys and gifts to underprivileged children throughout Massachusetts. It is with the generosity of friends, family, fantastic corporations, local businesses, and individual sponsors that we have been able to accomplish our mission and make an impact through our beneficiary partners:

Wonderfund of Massachusetts (MA Department of Children and Families)
Casa Iris/Multicultural AIDS Coalition (Jamaica Plain)
IBA (South End)
Eastern Service Workers Association (Dorchester, East Boston, Mattapan)
United South End Settlements (South End)
Urban Farming Institute (Mattapan, Dorchester)
Boston Housing Authority/Joseph Tierney Learning Center (Boston)
St. Ann’s Home and School (Methuen)

We would like to thank our amazing logistics partners (PEAK Event Services and Big Foot Moving and Storage) who distribute our donated toys. Trucks from both companies are “Santa’s Sleigh’s” delivering toys throughout Massachusetts to local charities as well as all state-wide DCF offices from Cape Cod to Pittsfield.

We must give a big shout out to our team of volunteer professionals who have helped us throughout the years, including Gay for Good and FLAG Football. This is truly a case of “it takes a village”, and we thank every organization and individual who made Toys for Joys a priority each year.

We wish you a happy and healthy holiday season and hope you can celebrate your holiday safely with the ones you love. We thank you for taking a few minutes to learn more about us!

Cheers to you and your loved ones,
Dr. James Rifino
Mr. Harry Pihl

Our Mission remains:

Toys for Joys strives to provide a toy/gift to children and teens in need during the holiday season. We believe every child, teen and family should have the feeling of family, joy, hope, and love during the holidays.

Our Beneficiaries:

Through the years

Toys for Joys celebrates 24 years, and success with providing over 70,000 toys and gifts to children and teens in need. Our Toy Gala was considered a Boston holiday tradition of meeting up with family, friends and co-workers all while helping the families and children throughout the state of Massachusetts. Take a look at some pics from our past events!