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United States Marine Corps |
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Press
Release
Division of Public
Affairs
Headquarters, U. S. Marine
Corps
Washington, D. C.
20380-1775
Telephone: 703-614-4309 DSN
224-4309 Fax 703-695-7460
Contact:
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Release # 0130-07-1644
January 30,
2007
Toys For
Tots yeilds 19.2M toys to 7.6M youngsters
WASHINGTON--The results of the 59th annual U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
Toys for Tots Campaign, conducted during October, November and December 2006,
have been tabulated. The results are: U.S. Marines distributed 19.2 million new
toys to 7.6 million needy youngsters throughout the nation. This was the most
successful campaign in the 59 year history of Toys for Tots.
Toys for
Tots began with a single local campaign in Los Angeles in 1947 and was increased
to campaigns in 74 communities in 1948 (the year Toys for Tots was expanded
nationwide). Fifty-nine campaigns later in 2006, local Toys for Tots campaigns
were conducted in 558 communities covering all 50 states, the District of
Columbia and Puerto Rico – the most extensive coverage in the history of the
program.
The success attained during the 2006 Toys for Tots campaign is
the result of outstanding efforts on the part of the 558 local Toys for Tots
campaign coordinators, the Marine Forces Reserve staff and the staff of the
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation plus the outstanding support of a broad sector
of corporate America and millions of caring Americans.
Toys for Tots,
the U.S. Marine Corps’ premier community action program and one of the nation’s
flagship Christmas charitable causes, is dedicated to “delivering a message of
hope and bringing the joy of Christmas” to America’s needy
children.
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