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Creating Opportunities for Children 0-5 Years Old to Enhance Their Learning Development Through Play.

Our Locations

More than 1600 toy boxes available to check out, free of charge,  from 19 locations in South Dakota!
Find one close to you!

The Toy Lending Library of SD (TLL) team and all the wonderful volunteers have been very busy in 2024. More than 800 toy boxes have been checked out/renewed per month since April 2024!

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That's a lot of toy boxes that need to be repaired, cleaned, sanitized and ready to go back to the shelves.

If that's not enough good news, we have more...

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Huron children learning through play

We are very happy to share a new partnership: the city of Huron in SD now have toy boxes to share with their Bright Start, Head Start, Buchanan K-1 Center and Community Counseling Center. People's Transit will transport the toy boxes from Sioux Falls to Huron and back- thank you!!

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This is important because of the children that they will serve but also because they fundraised to support the TLL operations. The TLL is constantly fundraising to be able to support the costs of creating, repairing, cleaning and sanitizing the toys boxes. 

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The TLL is very thankful to donors from the Huron community that made this possible! 

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Click here to see a beautiful news segment about it, created by Travis Fossing and Ash. Thank you both!

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Disabilities Etiquette

The TLL is a wonderful place to work and to volunteer. A place where everyone is respected and treated with kindness. Many young adults and adults with disabilities volunteer at the TLL and our team was looking to learn more, to be more inclusive. Thanks to Vicki Stewart we got the opportunity to do just that! Thank you so much Vicki! What we learned with you we will use at the TLL and in our lives outside TLL.

You also can learn about it here.

Vicki educates business on hiring people with disabilities and if you have a business or know of anyone that would like to learn more, please contact her!

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October is Blindness awareness month and to support creating awareness, I would like to invite you to join me at the TLL,

October 28th from 9 to 9:30am to hear Richard Crawford's story.

Richard will make you laugh and will make you cry but most importantly, he will make you feel empowered because his energy is contagious. 

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Sioux Empire United Way is funding part of our operations in 2024! We are VERY grateful and we invite you to donate to UW!

They support our TLL and many other nonprofits that are making the Sioux Empire a even better place to live! We have a beautiful box raffle that you can get tickets to support UW. The drawing will be October 28th and each dollar you donate you get one ticket or 6 tickets for $5.

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Studies show that children ages 0-5 who play regularly have enhanced learning development in a variety of areas including problem-solving and communication, which can set them up for success from an early age. Our goal is to help as many children as possible reach their full potential. Will you help us reach our goal?

What we do

We create opportunities for children zero to five years old to enhance their learning development through play.

Why we do it

Play is the best way to learn. Play promotes creativity, physical and emotional health, and school readiness. 

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How we do it

You borrow a toy box from one of our locations, free of charge. Take it home and play. Return it and borrow more!

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FAQ's

1 - Where are you located?
Our main office is located in the basement of the First United Methodist Church: 401 S Spring Ave, Sioux Falls, SD. 57104. We are very grateful for FUMC because they kindly share office space with the Toy Lending Library!


2 - What are your office hours?
Weather permitting, we are open to the public Monday - Thursday from 8am to noon.
Please call (605)215-0575 to make sure we are open.


3- Are there other places where I can borrow toy boxes?
Yes, there are other 18 locations where you can find our toy boxes. Thanks to our partners, more children have access to free educational toy boxes. We are very thankful for each one of them!

 

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