Toy Adaptation Program - TAP

04/14/2020

We hope that everyone is staying safe during these difficult times of COVID-19. While our spring TAP events have been postponed, we have created a page on our website dedicated to adapting toys at home! The “At-Home Adapting” page provides information about adaptable toys, necessary materials, and step-by-step adapting instructions. Check out the page here and share it with anyone else who may be interested:

___________________________________________________________________ For those seeking guidance on how to adapt a toy themselves, this page has a collection of instruction sheets, videos, and adapta…

12/09/2019

Our annual Toys For All Tots event at Nationwide Children's Hospital was a great success! Thank you to everyone who was involved with the event yesterday!

A collaboration between Nationwide Children’s Hospital and Ohio State University engineering students aims to adapt holiday toys for children with

12/07/2019

All packed up for our annual Toys For All Tots event tomorrow! We are very excited to teach families how to adapt toys for their own children, and we will also be donating adapted toys to the families. Looking forward to a great event!

10/01/2019

Today, TAP held a workshop where AEP employees teamed up with OSU engineering students. We adapted many toys and had a lot of fun! Thank you to AEP for being a long-time partner, and thank you to everyone who attended the event!

07/01/2019

TAP had many amazing events last week! On Thursday, AEP employees adapted toys at the OSU airport. The Diversity, Outreach, and Inclusion Office partnered with TAP to host a workshop for rising junior and senior high school students on Friday. And the TAP interns attended The Science Accessibility Conference this past Saturday to learn about how STEM can be made more inclusive.

To learn more about the DOI summer program, visit https://engineering.osu.edu/diversity/engineer-day

To learn more about The SciAccess Conference, visit https://www.sciaccess.org/about/

05/14/2019

05/10/2019

Come visit us at the College of Engineering Alumni Lunch at Ohio State Day at Cedar Point!

03/22/2019

It's the end of the week, but not the end of the Day of Giving. Yep, the Happy Hour Challenge is in full swing! If TAP receives the most gifts of any Day of Giving cause between now and 7pm, we'll receive an additional $1,000!

Thank you to our wonderful supporters who have already donated!

Make a difference during our annual Day of Giving.

03/22/2019

The Lunchtime Challenge starts in 10 minutes! All gifts made between 12pm and 1pm today will be doubled up to a total of $2,000! https://dayofgiving.osu.edu/giving-day/9996/department/12564

Make a difference during our annual Day of Giving.

03/22/2019

Happy Friday everyone! Today, March 22nd is The Ohio State University's Day of Giving! This is a day to celebrate coming together and giving to programs that we're passionate about. The link to TAP's donation page is
https://dayofgiving.osu.edu/giving-day/9996/department/12564

This link will be open all day, but there are some exciting challenges and gift-matching opportunities throughout the day to keep an eye out for:
Lunchtime Challenge (12pm – 1pm)
All gifts made between 12pm and 1pm today will be doubled up to a total of $2,000!
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Happy Hour Challenge (5pm-7pm)
The work day is over, let's have some fun! If TAP receives the most gifts today between 5pm and 7pm, we'll receive an additional $1,000!

Thank you in advance for your support!

Make a difference during our annual Day of Giving.

03/06/2019

TAP had some great K-12 outreach last week! Thank you so much to the students from the Columbus Metropolitan Library - Hilliard Branch and Tri-Valley FCS & FCCLA for learning about our program and helping us adapt toys!