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12-03-2007, 03:50 PM | #1 |
Kyle Plus 3 Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington, DC
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| Is Toys for Tots.. .. related to the Salvation Army or is the toy drive by the Salvation Army completely different?
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12-03-2007, 03:56 PM | #2 |
Mommy's Baby Doo Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: DesMoines ,Ia
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| ya I believe they are.
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12-03-2007, 03:56 PM | #3 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: CENTRAL TEXAS
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| Toys for Tots is hosted by The United States Marines Reserve... This is the first line in their statement... "The MARINE CORPS RESERVE Toys For Tots program is asking for your help. Please Help by Donating new, unwrapped toys valued at $10 or more. Toys suitable for teens are especially needed. " Joyce
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12-03-2007, 04:19 PM | #4 |
Piper & Sebastian Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: florida
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| Toys for Tots is the Marine's I believe.
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12-03-2007, 06:01 PM | #5 |
Kyle Plus 3 Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington, DC
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| OK, good to know. Just wanted to make sure they aren't connected. Thanks guys!!
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12-03-2007, 06:39 PM | #6 |
All Dogs Go To Heaven Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: By The Lake
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| Here in Muskegon County, MI, all of the "Toys-For-Tots" that are collected are taken to a central distribution point. Parents contact the local organizations and register for toy pickup. They list how many children, what age & boy or girl. On the weekend of the 15th the local missions & charities come in at their designated time and pick up toys for their lists. We help with the Mission where Chuck works. We'll have a card that says ex:"Boy age 6-8" & how many toys we need for that group. The toys are all sorted by: boy/girl & age. We just go along with large bags and fill them up. Then we have a U-Haul rented & take the bags of toys to our Mission's distribution point. The toys are re-sorted, placed on long tables & during the next week the people that have registered come at their appointed times and choose presents for their kids. They also have wrapping stations set up so the presents can leave wrapped if they want to. We also have toys come in from our local hospital "Angel Tree", hospital departments (surgical always gives bicycles) & other organizations that collect for the kids. It's alot of work on the distribution end of it, but it's really worth it....for the kids. The need is especially great this year, there's a record number of families qualifying for distribution. We donated for so many years...it's good to finally see the distribution end of it.
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12-03-2007, 08:03 PM | #7 | |
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12-03-2007, 08:14 PM | #8 | |
Kyle Plus 3 Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Washington, DC
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I bought a few things that I plan to donate. I'd rather not donate to the Salvation Army (for personal reasons) so I'm glad "Toys for Tots" is different.
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