About Us
How Your Local Toys For Tots Campaign Works
- Collection boxes are placed in participating businesses in October
- Donations are retrieved & moved to a warehouse in early December
- Toys are sorted by age & gender appropriateness & prepared for delivery.
- Local Charities apply for toys.
- Marine Corps League volunteers pick up toy orders from the warehouse & deliver toys to local charities.
- Local charities manage their clients’ needs and qualifications and distribute toys.
USMC Reserve Toys for Tots Program
MISSION:
The mission of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.
GOAL:
The primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver, through a new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens.
OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of Toys for Tots are to help less fortunate children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas; to play an active role in the development of one of our nation’s most valuable resources – our children; to unite all members of local communities in a common cause for three months each year during the annual toy collection and distribution campaign; and to contribute to better communities in the future.
ACTIVITIES:
The principal Toys for Tots activity which takes place each year is the collection and distribution of toys in the communities in which a Marine Corps Reserve Unit is located. In communities without a Reserve Unit, the campaign can be conducted by a Marine Corps League Detachment or group of men and women, generally veteran Marines, authorized by Marine Toys for Tots Foundation to conduct a local Toys for Tots campaign. Local Toys for Tots Campaign Coordinators conduct an array of activities throughout the year, which include golf tournaments, foot races, bicycle races and other voluntary events designed to increase interest in Toys for Tots, and concurrently generate toys and monetary donations.
Our Local Charity Partners
Mission Granbury
Hood County Christmas for Children www.christmasforchildren.org
American Legion Post 491 www.alpost491.com
Kids Armor of Hope
Glen Rose Christmas Express
A Service of the Glen Rose ISD
Rivers Baptist Church
Glen Rose Head Start
Ignite
A service of the Triple Cross Ranch, Godley
Neighbors Helping Neighbors