Toys for Tots is a charity run by the United States Marine Corps Foundation that has provided toys to over 250 million children since 1947. The program collects new, unwrapped toys through donation boxes in hundreds of communities each year. Local businesses play a key role by hosting donation boxes and assisting with storage, collection, and promotion. Anyone can donate a toy by finding an affiliated local collection site through the Marine Corps Foundation website.

1. Toys forTots -A
Simple, Powerful
Idea forSharing
HolidayJoy
William Deyesso

2. Introduction
 Former real estate and insurance industry executive
William Deyesso continues to lead an active life in
retirement in small-town New Hampshire. A donor
to numerous nonprofit organizations, William
Deyesso supports, among other worthy causes, the
Toys forTots holiday toy drive, a project of the
United States Marine Corps Foundation.
Since 1947,Toys forTots has brightened the
Christmas and winter holiday season for a total of
more than 250 million children in need.
To donate toys to the program, simply place a new,
unwrapped toy in one of theToys forTots collection
boxes in hundreds of communities around the
country or participate in a local community
campaign.

3. Toys forTots
 Local business owners are one of the driving forces
behind the success of the program. All a business
needs to do is connect with the national
organization to find out how to serve as a drop-off
site for donated toys. Businesses around the
country also help out by sharing space in their
warehouses for toy storage, using their cars and
trucks as collection vehicles, and promoting public
awareness.
Using the Marine Corps Foundation’s list of local
affiliated collection sites on its website, there is an
easy way for anyone to participate in helping to
make a child’s holiday wishes come true.