Stuffed animals have a significant, but usually not permanent, place in a child’s life. As most parents know, it’s easy to accumulate too many. But it’s not always easy to find new homes for them later, because not many places accept secondhand plush toys. It’s a bit of a pickle for those who are loath to throw away items with usable “life” left in them.

When Robert Lassonde, 8, of Surf City, a third-grader at Long Beach Island Grade School, decided he was ready to part with about half of his…