Buy A Needoh For A Kiddo

You are purchasing a NeeDoh that will be donated to a local organization to distribute to children in our community who may not have financial means to take part in a trend. This purchase is non refundable. 

NeeDohs. Everyone wants one. Some shops are hijacking the price, some are selling on Facebook Marketplace. It's a trend — and for most people, a pretty affordable one. But when demand spikes like this, access gets complicated fast.

Parents are working and can't make it to the drop in time. They don't have cars, and taking transit to a store that's already sold out is discouraging. Add in limited access to technology, or simply not having a few extra dollars to spend on a squish toy right now .... and what feels like a small thing becomes one more pressure.

Then you have the kids. 

At school, kids already face so many ways of feeling different. Not being able to take part in something as simple as a toy trend, small in cost to some, out of reach for others, is one more thing that can quietly set a child apart.

You've probably heard that research consistently shows shared play isn't just fun, it's how kids build social bonds, develop language, and find their connection with peers. The "thing everyone has" changes every year. Sometimes it's sneakers. Right now, it's a NeeDoh.

Showing up with the toy everyone's talking about gives a kid something to share, something to bond over on the schoolyard. It sounds small. It isn't.

I've set aside some of our inventory to donate through local schools and community organizations — quietly, to kids who could use a little something. For $5 (as close to our cost as we can get — we don't want to profit from this) you can add a NeeDoh to that pile. We'll make sure it gets where it needs to go.

I've personally felt different at school. I'm sure you have too, in some way. And we know the anxiety a child carries — especially when they aren't old enough to name it, even to themselves. Getting the toy of the moment into their hands removes one more thing they have to carry. To me, that's worth doing.

xo Lindsay