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ABC Kids Expo will collaborate with K.I.D.S.
Supporting companies will donate toys and other juvenile products
- Key4Communications
11/08/2011
The ABC Kids Expo will be supporting once more Kids in Distressed Situations (K.I.D.S.) in conjunction with their 2011 show, to be held September 23-26 in the Kentucky Exposition Center (Louisville).
Contributions to this charitable organization were of $350,000 worth of products in 2010, when 129 companies donated.
Since 1985, K.I.D.S. has provided more than 65 million underprivileged and disaster-stricken children with nearly $1 billion in new clothing, toys, shoes, juvenile products, books and more. Approximately 85% of this support goes to US efforts and 15% helps children and families overseas.
The ABC Kids Expo is a premier juvenile products specialty show with more than 900 exhibitors and nearly 15,000 visitors from 64 countries in over one million square feet of exhibit space. Founded in March, 2003, is a partnership of juvenile industry manufacturers and retailers organized for the purpose of promoting the children's products industry. The show will gather professionals from the baby care, furniture, gifts, publishing and toy industries, among others.