Want free toys? Sign up your child to be our toy tester.
NOTE: Dear Readers, I am drowning in requests. I cannot accept anymore emails for potential toy testers. It will take me a few days to go through the hundreds of emails you have sent. I will contact those we pick for the event. Thank you for the great response!
At the risk of looking like those annoying drugstore displays hawking Christmas before the Halloween sugar rush hits, we’re going to start recruiting our toy testers.
Fa-la-la-la-la.
We’re working on our annual toy issue for the Lifestyle section, and it’s time to call in the experts. If your child loves to play with new toys and share his or her opinions, email us: asultan@post-dispatch.com.
We are looking for a dozen or so toy testers of various ages to try out some of the most popular toys of the upcoming holiday season. Our toy extravaganza will be on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to noon. If you and your child are available, send me an email with your child’s name, age, gender, hometown and a contact phone number.
They will be featured in our story, and every child will get to pick a toy to take home - for FREE.
And for the doubters, here’s an (unpaid) testimonial from a parent whose child participated last year: “Grant loved getting to try out new toys coming out for the Christmas season. It helped give us ideas of what to give him & kids in our family. It was a really fun experience for all of us & fun to meet the Post Features editors.” — Pam E.
Aisha covered education and breaking news for nearly ten years before joining the Lifestyle staff where she writes a "Dirty Laundry" parenting column. She is the home and family editor and wastes too much time on Facebook and political blogs. 
What a wonderful opportunity!
How about a 28 year old kid? I still get a kick out of toys, especially old Transfomers or Micro Machines and trains.
Instead of having people call, why not bring in some less fortunate children and let them go home with the free toys? Certainly sending the free toys to where they are actually needed would be a better move - wouldn’t it?
E-mail sent. This would be a ton of fun for the kids!
I read Sport Billy’s response and find my kids are in need of new toys. I know a few families that benefit from organizations that give new toys to the “underpriveleged” and “poor” families and discovered these families get more new toys and better toys then I can afford my own children. We are not well off but I know how to manage my money. My kids would enjoy receiving a free toy. Not all the responders are well off or rich, some of us just make do.
Dear Sport Billy,
The toys that are not taken or given away (the majority), benefit the 100 Neediest Cases. Thanks for your concern.