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UTC Employees at the 500,000 Mark in Toys for Tots Donations

UTC has participated in the program for more than three decades to benefit Tolland County kids.

MANCHESTER/NEWINGTON, CT β€”United Technologies employees went shopping in Manchester and Newington recently and delivered gifts to the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program.

It is the 36th Consecutive Year of UTC involvement.

Over the 36 years, UTC has donated more than half-a-million toys to Toys for Tots to help less-fortunate families in Hartford and Tolland counties.

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Volunteers shopped for children’s gifts at two Toys β€œR” Us locations in Newington and Manchester, then loaded and delivered their donations to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, Company C, headquarters in Plainville.

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