Marblehead's Abbot Library To Host Boston Bruins PJ Drive Donation Box

MARBLEHEAD, MA — Marblehead's Abbot Public Library is one of the donation stations for the Boston Bruins' 16th annual PJ Drive running now through March 15.

The drive is designed to collect new pajamas for small children ranging from 12 months to young teens with a goal of collecting 10,000 pairs of pajamas at libraries, schools and organizations across the state. The collections will go to the Department of Children and Families' Wonderfund and Cradles to Crayons for distribution nto local children and teens.

The drive kicked off on Feb. 10 and runs through March 15. Sizes sought are 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 5/6 (child S) and 18/20 (child XXL/adult M).

Donations can be delivered to the Abbot Library's temporary location at the Eleveth School at 3 Brook Road. The donation box is located right inside the main entrance.

Those who are unable to bring items, or would prefer to make a monetary donation, can do so through Cradles to Crayons here.

Bruins forward P.J. Axelsson and his wife, Siw, started the PJ drive during the Boston Bruins 2007-2008 season as a way to give back to their community. The couple collected 1,600 pairs of pajamas for Cradles to Crayons which connects with social service agencies to identify specific children in need.

Libraries from across the state joined the PJ Drive in 2014 and have collected over 53,000 pairs of pajamas since then.

For more information on the Marblehead PJ drive go here, email mar@noblenet.org or call 781-631-1481.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)