CAN YOU HELP THE SOCIETY'S EDUCATION COMMITTEE?

Last year's restructured Third Grade History Week program for all of the Danvers Public School third graders was quite the hit with the kids and their teachers.  

Trustee Sheila Cooke-Kayser's Education Committee ask the third graders to bring in their favorite toys a few weeks before the program.  When the students arrived for the program they found not only their toys but the toy's equivalent from 50 to 150 years ago from the Society's extensive collections.  

Culture shock, amazement and unbounded (unleashed) curiosity!

Alas, the toys from the collection are all part of the cataloged collection and can't be used or touched.

So, if you have any of the following that you could donate to the Society so the children can not only look at but also touch and use, please drop them off at the Page House (M-F, 9 to 1, 11 Page St, Danvers) or call the office at 978-777-1666:

Portable Manual typewriter

Rotary Dial Telephone

Adding Machine

Portable Record Player

Monopoly, Candyland or Risk Board Games

Barbie Doll (prior to 1980) and any Barbie doll accessories

Star War toys (prior to 2000)

Space Toy Rockets

Toys representing the following icons: Superman, Wonder Woman, Mickey Mouse, Flash Gordon, Roy Rogers, Davy Crockett, Captain Kangeroo, Howdy Doody or Shirley Temple.

Football prior to 1970

Sesame Street Puppets

Metal Toy Cars or Trucks

Hope you can join, through your donation, in helping the Society make history even more alive for the third graders!!