CHESTER COUNTY, PA — The Chester / Southern Montgomery Toys for Tots will officially launch the 75th Anniversary Toys for Tots campaign on October 1st.
Covering all of Chester County and a portion of Montgomery County, the Chester / Southern Montgomery campaign was able to offer assistance to over 15,000 children last year, but the Coordinator believes there are still people in need the program has yet to reach.
“Our goal this year is to continue to serve the families in need and organizations that are already aware of the program, but also to ensure that we locate other nonprofits and agencies we can partner with to ensure as many children as possible are able to have a gift available to them during the holidays” said Jeffrey Smith, the local Coordinator since 2020.
From 1947- 2021, U.S. Marines and volunteers distributed 627 million toys to over 281 million less fortunate children. Toys for Tots is primarily staffed by volunteers, with only a handful of handful of employees at the Toys for Tots Foundation to simplify the logistics for the 50,000 volunteers who helped out in 2021.
Locations willing to act as a Toy Drop Site, or those seeking assistance can sign up at chester-county-pa.toysfortots.org – while those interested in volunteering can sign up to help, or email the Coordinator. “We’re all volunteers here, and there is always more that we could do if we had additional help” Smith said.
Questions should be directed to chester.county.pa@toysfortots.org.
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