Holiday Toy Drives

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The holiday season is coming up fast, and for many people that means cooking, decorating, and lots of shopping. It also might mean passing toy donation bins such as the ones for Toys for Tots, or donation trees set up in churches, hospitals, and stores.

Books might not come to mind when it comes to toy drives, but they are actually a very high-need item. A lot of children grow up in households with very few books, and this can harm their literacy and enjoyment of reading.

So, how does this concern our interests as cap_ironmanians? (cap_ironmanites?) I feel that comic books make a perfect donation item for holiday toy drives. As comic fans, we have the chance to give a young comic fan a happy holiday, or possibly spark a love of comics in a child.

I'm hoping members can suggest specific trades that would make good gifts in the comments, so that we can get a big list going. I'll start by recommending:
Marvel Adventures: Avengers Vol. 1: Heroes Assembled - The happy version of the Avengers battle villains.
Blue Beetle: Shellshocked - A teenager living in Texas is forced to fill the shoes of a popular superhero.
Rapunzel's Revenge - a retelling of the fairy tale where Rapunzel rescues herself and then goes on adventures with a young thief.

If you have any ideas or specific charities you'd like to promote, feel free to do so in the comments! I'd love for our community to make a difference this holiday season.