Doll & Toy Museum of NYC

On Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 5-7pm at the Brooklyn Heights Public Library, 280 Cadman Plaza, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn Heights, NY the Museum celebrated our 9th Anniversary.

Honorees include Mary Ellroy, nationally acclaimed toy inventor was inducted into our Toy Inventors Hall of Fame.  Before becoming an award-winning inventor of Toys, Mary Ellroy received her MBA from the Boston College School of Management. Her creativity brought her much success in the advertising and media fields, which then inspired her to invent toys and games.  She is currently the President of the Inventors Association of Connecticut.  http://www.gamebird.biz/affiliations.htm

Nancy Morgan, is another Honoree was acknowledged for her generous donation  of dolls to the Museum’s toy collection. Born and raised in Brooklyn Heights, Nancy enjoyed  a childhood filled with dolls. Nancy received her first doll from her mother, an original Raggedy Ann in 1938, and has continued to amass an impressive collection ever since.  In the 1950s Nancy began traveling all over the world and began collecting dolls from a variety of nations in their native costumes. Today, Nancy continues to enjoy traveling as well as volunteering.

Community Service Awards, The Gift of Giving: Toy Drives were awarded to three organizations for their generous and successful Toy Drives benefitting disadvantaged children in our community. These include The Today Show Charitable Foundation, The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association and the Children of the City.

There is stil time to make a charitable contribution to the Ninth Anniversary Celebration, donations can be send to The Doll and Toy Museum of NYC, 157 Montague Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Your contribution is a tax deduction.