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Toys for Tots drop box has been placed in Fort Lee
Help our local community. Bring holiday cheer to a deserving child. Donate a toy to The Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program.
November 19, 2015 - Do you want to bring holiday cheer to a deserving child? Mathnasium of Fort Lee has teamed with The Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program to help make dreams come true for families in Bergen County.
Last year the Toys for Tots program distributed more than 17,000 toys to some 8,000 children in your participating County, according to organizers.
This year, with our present depressed economy, the need is greater, said Ruby Yao, a longtime Fort Lee resident who is hosting the drop-off site for the Toys for Tots program in Fort Lee.
Already, the requests from churches, schools and other organizations have surpassed the requests from last year. We need all the help we can get.
Toys for Tots was created in 1947 by Maj. Bill Hendricks of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and quickly received support from entertainers and politicians. It was recognized by then President Harry Truman, and its logo was designed by Walt Disney.
Since then the program has overseen the collection and distribution of more than 469 million toys to 269 million children, according to organizers.
In 2004, at the Marine Corps League National Convention, the general of the Marine Corps Reserve asked that the Marine Corps Leagues take over the program, as many of the Reserves had been called to active duty.
The Toys for Tots mission is to collect new, unwrapped toys and distribute them a Christmas gifts to needy children in the local community. Monetary donations provide funds to purchase toys for older children not normally collected in the toy collection boxes.
In Fort Lee, toys can be placed in the drop-off box at the Mathnasium of Fort Lee, 246 Main Street - Unit A, Fort Lee.
Toys must be new, unwrapped and suitable for children from infant to age 14. All toys will be picked up Dec. 16 for distribution to local families.
For information or to make a monetary donation contact Ruby Yao at 201-969-6284. Checks should be made out to the Marine Corps Toys for Tots. All donations are tax deductible. Monetary donations may be sent directly to:
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
18251 Quantico Gateway Drive
Triangle, VA 22172
