Alumni
Whitney Brown Novak ’90 poses in front of Kazoo Toys’ well-stocked shelves.
Alumna applies innovative ideas to old-fashioned toy store By Khette Plyler, Director of Alumni Relations and Assistant Director of The Trinity Fund
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At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, while many of us were sheltering in place, overseeing our children’s virtual learning, and trying to combat anxiety and boredom, Trinity alumna Whitney Brown Novak ’90 and her husband, Joe, were literally bringing the fun! As the world around us changed, these small business owners of Kazoo Toys on Roswell Road in Atlanta quickly adapted their normal way of doing business, and Whitney attributes the foundation
of her creative adaptability to her time at Trinity. Whitney began her journey at Trinity at age two (for several years, beginning in 1979, the School had a two-year-old program) and stayed through the Sixth Grade. Most of her childhood memories take place inside the halls of Trinity’s former campus, where Atlanta Girls’ School resides today. Pinhole cameras, moving upstairs for Second Grade, Wagon Train, and making a chariot for
