DEPARTMENT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MARINE CORPS LEAGUE
Toys for Tots:
23 March 2009
Compiled Toys for Tots Region 1 winners
Winners as follows:
Cat 1 1st place with 150 points Pocono Marines
2nd place with 46 points Laurel Highlands
3rd place with 31 points Lebanon County
(No other entries)
Cat 2 1st place with 6 points Tri Boro
2nd place with 5 points Ohio Valley
3rd place with 4 points Gettysburg Battlefield
(No other entries)
Cat 3 1st place with 4 points Bantam Marines
2nd place with 3 points Lancaster County
3rd place with 2 points Lewis B. Puller Jr.
Washington County had 1 point in Cat 3
Landis McCleaf had .5 points in Cat 3
Jim Washington Jr.
Executive Director
Hope Station
717 226 1966
"Let's Get On Board"
United Way Member Agency
"You must give some time to your fellow men. Even if it's a little thing, do
something
for others---something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it." Albert Schweitzer
23 March 2009
Ladies & Gentlemen:
I've been holding out for as long as I could..........there are still 5 LCO's that have yet to provide After Action Report information. That said, the numbers are close enough to call final!
After a long, challenging campaign, conducted during tough economic times, the 2008 U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Campaign was able to distribute nearly 16.1 million toys to over 7.6 million children. While the number of toys distributed was down slightly over the past two years, the amount of money donated to local campaigns was more than ever before. We believe that while many people might not have been able to afford purchasing a $12-15.00 toy to donate, they did have $1- 5.00 to spare to help us carry out the program. This year, local donors gave over $11.8 million to support our efforts.
It is readily apparent that America trusts the U.S. Marine Corps and all of our campaign sites affiliated w/ the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots Program; therefore, it is more important than ever that we remind ourselves of our responsibility to properly care for other people's hard-earned money. Unfortunately, we had some cases where people forgot about this responsibility.
The above bold text translates to forwarding all funds raised using the Toys for Tots name and/or logo to the Foundation to be deposited into your Foundation-managed local account. It does NOT mean that funds are deposited into a local account, then a check written to the Foundation for the balance. It does NOT mean that local donations are taken to the store to purchase toys w/ cash. And it does NOT mean that funds are deposited into a local account and then toys or other items are purchased with a local account check. It DOES mean that all funds are forwarded to the Foundation for deposit to keep the donation chain intact, and to enable the Foundation to confirm donor information to the IRS, should they ask. We (most of you) did very well this year. 99.9% of donations to Toys for Tots were processed properly......but there remains .1% of the donations that were not. My goal is to some day report that ALL donations were processed according to the rules and guidance established by the U.S. Marine Corps and Marine Toys for Tots Foundation.
Congratulations on a very successful year. I look forward to working with you again during 2009!
Semper Fidelis,
Brian A. Murray
Major, USMC (Ret)
Vice
President, Operations
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
14 September 2008
Toys for Tots After Action Reports
1. Local Community Organization
a. The Toys for Tots Coordinator for each Local Community Organization (LCO) shall complete and submit an Annual After Action Report to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation by the due date of January 15th. The report shall be submitted electronically in accordance with the guidance contained in the Force Order and the Foundation Website (www.toysfortots.org). Those Coordinators who do not have access to the internet shall submit a hard copy report using the forms that are contained in the Force Order at Appendix B.
b. A copy of this Annual After Action Report shall also be submitted to the Department of Pennsylvania Tots for Tots Coordinator.
2. Detachments Working with Marine Corps Reserve Sites
a. The Toys for Tots Coordinator for each Marine Corps League Detachment working with a Marine Corps Reserve Site shall complete the Department of Pennsylvania After Action Report.
Click here to download a copy of the Department of Pa After Action Report in editable Adobe format.
b. A copy of this Annual After Action Report shall also be submitted to the Department of Pennsylvania Tots for Tots Coordinator.
21 May 2008
The following is the Pa Dept Toys for Tots award winners for 2007
Cat 1
1st Place: Pocono Marines Det# 492 809 Indian Wood Dr Stroudsburg Pa 18360
Coordinator: John Dickson
2nd Place: Lebanon County Det # 525 425 Maple St Lebanon Pa 17046
Coordinator: John Gingrich
3rd Place: Laurel Highlands Det # 732 PO Box 516 Cemetery Rd Perryopolis Pa
15473 Coordinator: Daniel Martin
Cat 2
1st: Susquehanna Valley Det # 308 226 Ash St Danville Pa 17821
Coordinator: Ms. Pauline Roberts
2nd: Schuylkill-Carbon Det # 626 25 Mantzville Rd Tamaqua Pa 18252
Coordinator: Ms. Cheryl A. Laub
3rd: Bucktail Det # 856 520 E Water St Lock Haven Pa 17745
Coordinator: Ms. Amy Snyder
Cat 3
1st: Lancaster County Det #294 308 Indian Head Road Columbia, PA 17512
Coordinator: Gilbert Bixler
2nd: Landis McCleaf Det # 295 90 Rustic Dr Shippensburg Pa 17257
Coordinator: John R Wells
3rd: Not Awarded
Jim Washington Jr.
Executive Director
Hope Station
717 226 1966
"Let's Get On Board"
United Way Member Agency
2 February 2008
Washington, DC - January 16, 2008
The results of the 60th annual U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Campaign, conducted during October, November and December 2007, have been tabulated.
The results are: U.S. Marines distributed 16.6 million new toys to over 7.5 million needy youngsters throughout the nation. This was one of the most successful campaigns in the 60 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). Sixty campaigns later in 2007, local Toys for Tots campaigns were conducted in 604 communities covering all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands - the most extensive coverage in the history of the program.
The success attained during the 2007 Toys for Tots campaign is the result of outstanding efforts on the part of the 604 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 less fortunate children.
For further details contact Major Brian A. Murray, USMC (Ret) at (703) 640-9433 or visit the TFT website at www.toysfortots.org.
Jim Washington Jr.
Executive Director Hope Station
"Let's Get On Board" United Way Member Agency
