Car dealership collecting toys to support foster care | Community [Video]

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) — Bob Rohrman Hyundai of Lafayette is collecting toys all month for children awaiting foster care placement.

Hyundai of Lafayette is asking for donations of all kinds of toys for any age new or unopened. They’re partnering with the Isaiah 117 House which is a national charity that is new to Lafayette.

Emily Sampson is one of the program coordinators for the Tippecanoe County 117 house and explains who these donations will help.

“Children that are experiencing that transition from when they are removed from unsafe homes until a foster family or relative replacement can be found for them,” Sampson said. “Often they can’t take anything with them when they’re entering foster care. And so having items that are brand new, just for them, that haven’t been loved on by anybody …