PDA

View Full Version : Just a reminder this holiday...



Soon2BeVIP
11-19-06, 07:26 PM
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=padding_body vAlign=top width="52%">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.
<!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
</TD><TD class=border_vertical vAlign=top align=left width="24%"><SCRIPT language=javascript type=text/javascript><!--var t;var preLoad = new Array();var p = 0;var slideShowSpeed = 15000;var crossFadeDuration = 3;var Pic = new Array;Pic = 'totspic1.jpg;totspic2.jpg;totspic3.jpg;totspic4.j pg;totspic5.jpg;totspic6.jpg;totspic7.jpg'.split(";");var p = Pic.length;var preLoad = new Array();for (i = 0; i < p; i++) {preLoad = new Image();preLoad[i].src = 'http://www.toysfortots.org/images/Site_Pictures/'+Pic[I];var j=parseInt(Math.random()*preLoad.length);}function runSlideShow(){ if (document.all) { document.images.SlideShow.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=2)"; document.images.SlideShow.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=crossFadeDuration)"; document.images.SlideShow.filters.blendTrans.Apply (); } document.images.SlideShow.src = preLoad[j].src; if (document.all) { document.images.SlideShow.filters.blendTrans.Play( ); } j = j + 1; if (j > (p - 1)) j = 0; t = setTimeout('runSlideShow()', slideShowSpeed);}if (document.all)window.onload=runSlideShow--></SCRIPT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 align=center border=0><TBODY><TR><TD align=middle>http://milan.usconsulate.gov/images/IMG_1460_512.jpg </TD><TD>

</TD></TR><TR><TD></I>

</TD><TD align=left width=512>[I]U.S. Marines deliver toys during the Toys for Tots December 2005 Program in Milan.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
</I>

Soon2BeVIP
11-19-06, 07:28 PM
Isn't our United States Marine Corps amazing! Just a reminder to remember the less fortunate this holiday season. It made me smile today when I was in a store and I saw a sign about the Marine Corps Toy for Tots drive and it clicked for the first time that they were connected with eachother. It makes me happy to know I have enlisted in such an honorable thing.

jinelson
11-19-06, 08:19 PM
Thanks Jonny its a good cause and is as old as I am. Check out the link below to find a Toys For Tots organization close to you and donate or better yet get envoled! OORAH!!!

http://www.leatherneck.com/links/browselinks.php?c=20