The Pirate Toy Fund is a nonprofit organization located on East Main Street, that supplies toys to over 70 local agencies that bring comfort and aid to thousands of children-in-need throughout the Greater Rochester region. Since 1995, the Pirate Toy Fund has collected and distributed almost 400,000 toys. The Fund was started by children's entertainer Gary The Happy Pirate inspired by the extraordinary life of Christie Simonetti.
The Toy Fund accepts new, unwrapped toy donations year-round at Eastview Mall, The Mall at Greece Ridge, The Marketplace Mall, and Strong National Museum of Play. Every year during the holiday season, the Pirate Toy Fund hosts a week-long televised toy drive to collect more toy donations from the community. 1 1Fund Press Release (pdf)