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Holiday Hackathon 2024

November 22, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 8:00 pm

Free

We’re excited to host our first annual Holiday Hackathon at The Amazing Brentwood. As part of our 2024 Hacking for the Holidays campaign, on Friday, November 22nd, we’re going to switch adapt 250 toys to donate to kids with disabilities in Canada. And we need your help to do it!

Throughout the day, volunteers will be working in two-hour shifts to adapt toys and build switches. Never done anything like this before? Don’t worry, no prior experience working with tools or electronics is required — we’ll walk you through every step. Everyone is welcome.

Why is this so important?

Every child deserves to play. But for many kids with disabilities, toys can be hard to use independently, and commercially adapted versions can run upwards of $300. However, with a little bit of tinkering, we can switch-adapt toys and make them accessible for a fraction of the cost.

The Holiday Hackathon is part of our Hacking for the Holidays campaign. From September to December, we’re engaging volunteers — students, corporate partners, and other community members — in 80 build events across 10 provinces to help us adapt and donate 2,000 toys and switches to families and clinicians all over Canada.