Toys for Tots Program and the U.S. Marine Corps
Toys For Tots.org | Shield Insurance Agency serves as a Collection Site for Toys for Tots
Shield Insurance office has been a Toys for Tots collection site for several decades, stop by with a toy and we will add it to the Big Box we fill up every year!
TOYS FOR TOTS MISSION
The basic mission of the Marine Toys Program is to collect new unwrapped toys and distribute those toys to less fortunate children at Christmas.
GOAL: The primary goal of Marine Toys is, through the gift of a new toy, to help bring the joy of Christmas and send a message of hope to America’s less fortunate children.
OVERVIEW: In order to better execute the Program, in 1991 the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation was created at the behest of the Marine Corps.
TOYS FOR TOTS OVERVIEW
The Foundation is an IRS-recognized 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity that was created at the behest of the U. S. Marine Corps in 1991.
FOUNDATION GOVERNANCE: The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation is governed by a board of directors, all of whom are veteran Marines and successful business leaders from throughout the nation. The Foundation’s professional staff is headquartered in the Cooper Center, which is located just outside the Main Gate of Marine Corps Base, Quantico, about 35 miles south of Washington, DC.
FOUNDATION MISSION: The mission of the Foundation is to assist the U. S. Marine Corps in providing a tangible sign of hope to economically disadvantaged children at Christmas. This assistance includes providing day-to-day leadership and oversight of the Program, raising funds to provide toys to supplement the collections of local Toys to provide promotional and support material, and defraying the costs of conducting annual Toys Campaigns. Other Foundation support includes providing administrative, advisory, financial, logistic, and promotional support to local Toys for Tots Coordinators; managing funds raised and monies donated based on the use of Toys for Tots name or logo; providing other support the Marine Corps, as a federal agency, cannot provide; and conducting public education and information programs about Toys for Tots that call the general public to action in support of this patriotic community action program.
FOUNDATION OBJECTIVES: The objectives of the Foundation are to help less fortunate 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 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 improving communities in the future.
FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES: The Foundation engages in two categories of activities: Program Services and Support Services.
Toys for Tots Program Services
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