Toys for Tots has Lasting Impact

Summary


For more than 50 years, the Toys for Tots program has played Santa Claus for thousands of children who otherwise might not have had the chance to unwrap a gift on Christmas morning.

Toys for Tots began in 1947 when Maj. Bill Hendricks and a group of Marine Corps reservists in Los Angeles collected and distributed 5,000 toys to needy children.

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Toys for Tots has Lasting Impact

The idea came from Hendricks' wife, Diane. In the fall of 1947, she handcrafted a Raggedy Ann doll and asked her husband to deliver the doll to an organizatio...

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