When my daughter was a senior in high school, she, along with a few friends collected stuffed animals at school as an Honor Society project. They made posters, made announcements and such and after a few weeks had collected several hundred of them.. We edited a few out, cleaned what needed to be cleaned and bagged them all up. We had arranged with the Sheriffs office to accept the donation. They gave them to the patrol deputies as well as local VFD and rescue squads.
Maybe you could contact your local High School and suggest the idea to them!