Active Dental Hosts Smiles for Medical City Children's Toy Drive at All Five Dallas-Fort Worth Offices

Active Dental's Smiles for Medical City Children's Toy Drive runs Nov. 30 through Dec. 11, collecting new, unwrapped toys at its Plano, Frisco, Flower Mound, Irving and Prosper offices for donation to Medical City Children's Hospital. The drive carries special meaning for founder and CEO Kalpesh Patel, DDS, whose son was cared for in the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit as a newborn.

IRVING, Texas, Nov. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Active Dental, a family and emergency dental practice with five locations across the Dallas-Fort Worth area, is bringing back its holiday toy drive, the Smiles for Medical City Children's Toy Drive, to benefit Medical City Children's Hospital. From Monday, Nov. 30, through Friday, Dec. 11, 2026, patients, families and community members can drop off new, unwrapped toys at any Active Dental office. Every donation will be delivered to Medical City Children's Hospital to brighten the holidays for young patients and their families.

The toy drive is personal for the practice. It was created in honor of Ariyan, the son of Active Dental founder and CEO Kalpesh Patel, DDS. Ariyan was cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Medical City as a newborn, and the Patel family has never forgotten the nurses, physicians and staff who looked after him, or the families they met during that time. Each holiday season, the practice gathers toys and brings them back to the hospital as a thank-you and as a way to support the families now walking a similar path.

Last year, Active Dental collected donations at its Irving office, and patients and team members came together to provide more than 50 gifts for children at Medical City. This year, the practice is opening collection at all five of its offices in Plano, Frisco, Flower Mound, Irving and Prosper, making it easier for families throughout North Texas to take part.

The hospital's wish list includes items for children from infancy through the teen years, such as rattles and teethers, sound and light toys, WubbaNub pacifiers, books in languages other than English, chunky toy cars, superhero and action figures, Uno and other card games, stuffed animals, teen coloring books and colored pencils, activity books with puzzles and word searches, and pajamas in sizes 12 months to 10 years. All items must be new and unwrapped so they can be sorted and distributed by hospital staff.

To thank donors for their generosity, Active Dental will provide a $50 credit toward treatment to anyone who drops off a new, unwrapped toy at one of its offices during the drive. Additional details about the credit are available at any Active Dental location.

"Ariyan spent the first part of his life in the NICU, and as parents we saw firsthand how much the nurses and doctors give to those babies and their families every single day," said Kalpesh Patel, DDS, founder and CEO of Active Dental. "When you are in that unit during the holidays, even a small gift can mean so much. This toy drive is our family's way of saying thank you, and it has become something our entire Active Dental team looks forward to. Our patients and staff came together for more than 50 gifts last year, and by opening the drive at every office this year, we hope to give even more children at Medical City a little magic this Christmas."

Toys can be dropped off during regular business hours from Nov. 30 through Dec. 11 at any Active Dental office: 2150 Market Place Blvd., Suite 120, Irving, TX 75063; 2304 Midway Road, Suite C, Plano, TX 75093; 6828 Stonebrook Parkway, Suite 100, Frisco, TX 75034; 1450 Long Prairie Road, Suite 160, Flower Mound, TX 75028; and 100 S. Preston Road, Suite 20, Prosper, TX 75078. Hours for each office are listed on its location page.

More About Active Dental

Active Dental is a family and emergency dental practice serving the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with locations in Plano, Frisco, Flower Mound, Irving and Prosper, Texas. The practice is built around patients with busy schedules, offering extended evening and Saturday hours, same-day emergency appointments, straightforward answers and clear, upfront communication about treatment and cost. Services include general and family dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, restorative dentistry, dental implants, Invisalign and clear aligners, oral surgery, pediatric dentistry, periodontal care and emergency dental care. Active Dental has earned more than 2,500 five-star Google reviews across its five locations.

Kalpesh Patel, DDS, founded Active Dental in 2009, when he opened the practice's first office in Irving. Raised in Texarkana, Texas, Dr. Patel earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Baylor College of Dentistry in 2006. As founder and chief executive officer, he has grown Active Dental from a single Irving office into a five-location practice caring for families across the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with a focus on convenient scheduling, same-day emergency care and a comfortable experience for patients of all ages.

For more information or to schedule an appointment, please contact the Active Dental office nearest you.

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