CLOSED

NO APPLICATIONS OR REQUEST WILL BE ACCEPTED


NO APPLICATIONS OR REQUESTS FOR TOYS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER DECEMBER 15, 2009

 Skagit Valley Detachment 1043

Marine Corps League

P.O. Box-2292

Mount Vernon, Wa. 98273

Serving Skagit County and North Snohomish County (Arlington, Silvana, Smokey Point & Stanwood)  The Mount Vernon organization does not service ANYTHING South of the above locations.  For area servicing of the remainer of Snohomish County contact GySgt James E. Ivey, Fort Lewis Marine Reserve Unit.

For Toys for Tots information and servicing in Snohomish County south of Smokey Point contact:
Mary Butler

E-Mail:  butlerm39@yahoo.com

U.S. Marine Corps 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 needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.

GOAL:
The primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver, through a shiny new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to needy youngsters that will motivate them to grow into responsible, productive, patriotic citizens and community leaders.

OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of Toys for Tots are to help needy 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 natural 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 activities which take place each year are the collection and distribution of toys in the communities in which a Marine Corps Reserve Unit is located and in communities without a Reserve Unit that has 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 purely voluntary events designed to increase interest in Toys for Tots, and concurrently generate toy and monetary donations.