The Toys for Tots program
began in 1947 in Los Angeles, CA., with the efforts of
Major Bill Hendricks who, noticing there was no charity
which distributed toys to disadvantaged children the
Christmas season, collected and distributed more than
7,000 toys to children in the Los Angeles area. The Toys
for Tots Program has through its history enjoyed
numerous celebrity spokespersons from the entertainment
industry, such notables as John Wayne, Bob Hope, Frank
Sinatra, George Harrison, Johnny Carson, Charlton
Heston, Sammy Davis Jr, Doris Day, Brooke Shields,
Charlie Daniels, Barbara Eden, Ann Margaret, Andy
Griffith, Glen Campbell, George Strait, Ricky Van
Shelton and Tim Allen.
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The Toys for Tots Logo was
Personally designed by Mr. Walt Disney in 1948. |
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Toys for Tots is national in
scope, conducted throughout the nation's
communities. |
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It is a Marine Corps program,
organized and administered by Marine Forces
Reserve in New Orleans. |
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While Marine Forces Reserve
Exercises centralized command authority over
Toys for Tots, execution of the program is
decentralized, occurring over countless
communities across the nation, under the
direction and supervision of our dispersed
Marine Corps Reserve units. |
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The Foundation is a tax exempt,
public charity, under section 501 (c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code. |
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The Toys for Tots Foundation is
a private, non-profit organization, created
solely to assist and support the Marine Corps
with the Toys For Tots Program. |
Toys For Tots Coordinator
Marine Corps Reserve Training Center
4201 Chester Ave.
Bakersfield, CA 93301
(661) 325-2797 |
