Artie-Leo-Maxi-Ernie Shop  Raising money for Place2Be Self Explanatory! Except for a few explanations. Any questions, please ask. DISCLAIMERS: 1.  I am the type of person that puts a brand new thing away, then forgets about it. I am also the type of person who buys the wrong size off the internet, then never returns the items. So there will be many brand new things, some with labels on, many very well kept items.  2. There may be issues with selling some toys, as everybody knows that an 18m old, a 5 yrs old, a 6 yrs old,  and a 7 yrs old can always change their mind without taking any responsibility for it. The toys chosen for sale have been (and still are) combed through, discussed and analysed with the children, and they really really want to raise money 'so children that are sad can become happier again at school because of the special charity 'teacher' that makes children happy' ( that is a mot-a-mot quote, and I'm satisfied with their grasping of the purpose

 Leo, my (almost 5 yrs old) asked me yesterday: "Mummy, what is a Place2Be ? " He's heard the name floating around as we're raising money for this charity, through some events and also through running the Berlin marathon.  It's a charity that's located in schools, to support children's mental health, right? But that went over Leo's head, obviously, so he moved on. I went to him, and opened a conversation about it. The "You know when you sometimes feel/want/don't want something? Well, this thing Ima tell you about helps kids with that". So, I told him it's a place that helps children that feel very worried, sad, with tricky problems that are hard to fix, to become happy again. That means that a special 'Teacher-person' will always be in the school, in a special room, and all that person will do is not phonics, maths, history, P.E. etc, but help children feel very safe, very important, very heard, and learn how to fix so many