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Damar Hamlin’s toy drive: What’s the plan for the $8.6M?

FILE - Pittsburgh NCAA college football defensive back Damar Hamlin poses for a photo with Bryce Williams, 3, of McKees Rocks, Pa., after the youngster picked out a toy during Hamlin's Chasing M's Foundation community toy drive at Kelly and Nina's Daycare Center, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in McKees Rocks, Pa. Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (Matt Freed/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File) FILE - Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin, center, talks with Philadelphia Eagles' Miles Sanders during a celebrity kickball game hosted by NFL players at George Cupples Stadium in Pittsburgh, Saturday, June 25, 2022. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (AP photo via Post-Gazette)/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP) FILE - Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin high fives his little brother Damir Hamlin, 7, during a celebrity kickball game with all proceeds going to the Pittsburgh Promise scholarship fund which provides college tuition to local high school graduates, at George Cupples Stadium in Pittsburgh, Saturday, June 25, 2022. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (Maya Giron/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File) FILE - Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills NFL football team smiles May 12, 2021. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week.(AP Photo) FILE - Fans stand in support for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) before an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Orchard Park, N.Y. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File) FILE - Pittsburgh NCAA college football defensive back Damar Hamlin poses for a photo with Bryce Williams, 3, of McKees Rocks, Pa., after the youngster picked out a toy during Hamlin's Chasing M's Foundation community toy drive at Kelly and Nina's Daycare Center, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in McKees Rocks, Pa. Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (Matt Freed/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File) FILE - Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin, center, talks with Philadelphia Eagles' Miles Sanders during a celebrity kickball game hosted by NFL players at George Cupples Stadium in Pittsburgh, Saturday, June 25, 2022. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (AP photo via Post-Gazette)/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP) FILE - Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin high fives his little brother Damir Hamlin, 7, during a celebrity kickball game with all proceeds going to the Pittsburgh Promise scholarship fund which provides college tuition to local high school graduates, at George Cupples Stadium in Pittsburgh, Saturday, June 25, 2022. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (Maya Giron/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File) FILE - Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills NFL football team smiles May 12, 2021. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week.(AP Photo) FILE - Fans stand in support for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) before an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Orchard Park, N.Y. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File) FILE - Pittsburgh NCAA college football defensive back Damar Hamlin poses for a photo with Bryce Williams, 3, of McKees Rocks, Pa., after the youngster picked out a toy during Hamlin's Chasing M's Foundation community toy drive at Kelly and Nina's Daycare Center, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in McKees Rocks, Pa. Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (Matt Freed/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File) FILE - Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin, center, talks with Philadelphia Eagles' Miles Sanders during a celebrity kickball game hosted by NFL players at George Cupples Stadium in Pittsburgh, Saturday, June 25, 2022. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (AP photo via Post-Gazette)/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP) FILE - Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin high fives his little brother Damir Hamlin, 7, during a celebrity kickball game with all proceeds going to the Pittsburgh Promise scholarship fund which provides college tuition to local high school graduates, at George Cupples Stadium in Pittsburgh, Saturday, June 25, 2022. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (Maya Giron/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File) FILE - Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills NFL football team smiles May 12, 2021. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week.(AP Photo) FILE - Fans stand in support for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) before an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Orchard Park, N.Y. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File) FILE - Pittsburgh NCAA college football defensive back Damar Hamlin poses for a photo with Bryce Williams, 3, of McKees Rocks, Pa., after the youngster picked out a toy during Hamlin's Chasing M's Foundation community toy drive at Kelly and Nina's Daycare Center, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, in McKees Rocks, Pa. Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (Matt Freed/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File) FILE - Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin, center, talks with Philadelphia Eagles' Miles Sanders during a celebrity kickball game hosted by NFL players at George Cupples Stadium in Pittsburgh, Saturday, June 25, 2022. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (AP photo via Post-Gazette)/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP) FILE - Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin high fives his little brother Damir Hamlin, 7, during a celebrity kickball game with all proceeds going to the Pittsburgh Promise scholarship fund which provides college tuition to local high school graduates, at George Cupples Stadium in Pittsburgh, Saturday, June 25, 2022. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (Maya Giron/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File) FILE - Damar Hamlin of the Buffalo Bills NFL football team smiles May 12, 2021. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week.(AP Photo) FILE - Fans stand in support for Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin (3) before an NFL football game against the New England Patriots, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Orchard Park, N.Y. Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with the $8.6 million in GoFundMe donations that unexpectedly poured into his toy drive fundraiser after he suffered a cardiac arrest in the middle of a game last week. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, File)
Damar Hamlin’s toy drive: What’s the plan for the $8.6M?