LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Employees at GE Appliances used their engineering expertise to adapt more than 100 toys for local children with disabilities. 

The team was known as "Elf-gineers" and had the goal of giving children the chance to play with toys. Adapted toys are outfitted with special switches and features tailored to various abilities.

According to a news release, the toys give children with disabilities the chance to play independently, but those toys can be expensive and difficult for families to afford.

GE Appliances said employees transformed their air conditioning lab at the Louisville-based headquarters into a whimsical elf workshop. They reconfigured more than 100 toys to meet the needs of children.

"Our employees have the freedom to explore their passions at work and the Elf-gineers’ choice to use their skills to make a difference for kids in our community is just one way our culture comes to life," Rocki Rockingham, chief human resources officer at GE Appliances, said in a news release. 

The toys will be distributed in December to nonprofits and schools in Louisville, including Jefferson County Public Schools, the Visually Impaired Preschool Services, and Kids Center for Pediatric Therapies, according to a news release.

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