Triangle, VA (June 7, 2023) – The Marine Toys for Tots Program continues its year-round impact through their Spring and Summer initiative – Smiles for Today, Hope for Tomorrow. As schools across the Nation are winding down, children in need will lose access to educational resources, books, and games. As a year-round force for good, Toys for Tots wants to provide children in need with the tools and educational resources necessary to help prevent learning loss. This initiative will continue to offer children access to learning tools that will allow them to sharpen their skills as they prepare for the new school year ahead.
The support that Toys for Tots continues to provide beyond the holiday season is instrumental in reassuring underprivileged children that they are not forgotten and the Program stands ready to provide emotional relief, comfort, and hope for a brighter future. Because needs aren’t seasonal, and neither is Toys for Tots.
Smiles for Today, Hope for Tomorrow Initiative Objectives:
- Toys for Tots is providing one hundred truckloads of toys, gifts, and educational resources to be distributed across the Nation by sixty local non-profit organizations by the end of the summer.
- Toys, books and games will be distributed to children in need in local communities within twenty-six states across the country.
Thus far, the initiative has brought Smiles for Today and Hope for Tomorrow to children living in local communities in:
- Michigan
- Illinois
- Arizona
- Texas
- Ohio
- Arkansas
- Tennessee
- California
- Minnesota
- New York
- Wisconsin
- Idaho
- Pennsylvania
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Arizona
- Maryland
About Marine Toys for Tots
Toys for Tots, a 76-year National charitable Program run by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, provides year-round joy, comfort, and hope to less fortunate children across the Nation through the gift of a new toy or book. The impact of these toys and books offers disadvantaged children recognition, confidence, and a positive memory for a lifetime. It is such experiences that help children become responsible citizens and caring members of their community. Since 1947, the Program has evolved and grown exponentially having delivered hope and the magic of Christmas to over 291 million less fortunate children. Because the need isn’t just at Christmastime, the Toys for Tots Program also provides support year-round to families experiencing challenges and exceptional circumstances, thus fulfilling the hopes and dream of millions of less fortunate children beyond the holidays. The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation is a not-for-profit organization authorized by the U.S. Marine Corps and the Department of Defense to provide fundraising and other necessary support for the annual Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. For more information, visit www.toysfortots.org.
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