Toys For Tots - Santa Maria
Santa Maria, Orcutt, Cuyama, Guadalupe
Toys For Tots article Santa Maria Times, October 6, 2009
2010- Key Events Calendar
Toy Donation Box Locations
A Few Good Toys
Call To Action
Additional Information
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - Santa Maria
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A Few Good Toys
 While the good troops at the Salvation Army are the greatest beneficiaries of America's holiday cheer, another military branch does quite well this time of year: Toys for Tots, the official charity of the United States Marine Corps. In addition to looking for a few good men, the Marines try each year to get a few million good toys — and kids across the country are the happier for it.
Toys for Tots started in the fall of 1947 when Diane Hendricks, a Los Angeles homemaker, sewed a Raggedy Ann doll and asked her husband to donate it to a charity that would put it in the hands of a needy child. When he found that no such organization existed, he started one.
During the week, Bill Hendricks was a director of p.r. for Warner Bros. Studios; on the weekends he served as a major in the U.S. Marine Corps. Reserve. In Christmas 1947, Hendricks and his Marine Reservists managed to distribute more than 5,000 toys to area children. By Christmas 1948, all 74 Marine Corps. Reserve units in the country had adopted a new objective: “Bring the joy of Christmas to America's needy children.”
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 Call To Action
According to child psychologists, mentoring is the most effective means of making a positive impact on the development of children. However, today's overtaxed mentoring projects are able to reach only a small percentage of the millions of needy children. We must, therefore, pursue alternatives to build/restore self-esteem among needy children, and give them hope for the future. Moreover, since children imitate the actions of their elders, children should be exposed to positive role models. Americans from every walk of life can join the Toys for Tots team and be an active participant in the development of our children.
The challenge: be a participator, not a spectator. Just do your part to assist in the development of today's children so they will grow into responsible, productive, patriotic citizens and community leaders for the future. You will be helping children, your community and your nation. Your action today will help produce leaders for tomorrow. Help us "make a difference".
Actions for Toys For Tots Supporters
- Donate a toy to your community's Tots for Tots Campaign
- Donate your time to assist your community's Toys for Tots Campaign
- Donate service support to your community's Toys for Tots Campaign
- Allow Marines to place a toy collection box at your company/business
- Allow Marines to use an empty warehouse to store and sort toys
- Allow Marines to use a vehicle to collect toys throughout your community
- Make a tax deductible donation to Toys for Tots
- Make checks payable to: Toys for Tots, MCL 680
- Mail donation to: Toys for Tots, 663 Pismo Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
- Donate online at: www.toysfortots.org
- Be a role model for children in your community (i.e. passive mentor)
- Be a model citizen and model adult
- Be a person of integrity, honesty and the highest moral character
- Demonstrate immaculate personal appearance
- Demonstrate a positive attitude
- Demonstrate respect and concern for others and their property
- Demonstrate a caring attitude towards others
- Help others at every opportunity
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Additional Information
Coastal Valleys Detachment #1340 has adopted the Santa Maria Toys For Tots campaign in support of the good work Marine Corps League #680 has done for many years to help fulfill the Christmas dreams of our needy children and their families.
For additional information on the Santa Maria 2009 Toys For Tots campaign e-mail:
Information Request
Dan Cadena, 2009 Campaign Coordinator or call at (805) 928-3307
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Anita Pomerantz, Deputy Director California Central Coast Toys For Tots
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