2024 Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program.
The Toys for Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) which distributes toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. The program was founded in 1947 by reservist Major Bill Hendricks https://www.toysfortots.org/.
We had an incredible season and collected 668 new toys for the needy children of Grapevine. This season the local Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program was well supported by the following businesses and organizations:
- Stellar Smiles Ortho: https://www.stellarsmilesortho.com
- Five Star Subaru: https://www.subarugrapevine.net
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows #402: https://www.iooflodgedirectory.org/directory-index/index/texas/17425-grapevine-lodge-402-ioof.html
- Grapevine Masonic Lodge #288: https://grapevinelodge.com
- Sloan & Williams Winery: https://www.sloanwilliams.com
- Paloma Boutique: https://www.grapevinetexasusa.com/listing/paloma-boutique/364
- Mason Dental: https://www.drmasondental.com
- Mindful Spirit Acupuncture: https://www.mindfulspiritacupuncture.com
- Daaboul Family Aesthetic & Implant Dentistry: https://www.jasondds.net
- The Grapevine Dentist: https://www.thegrapevinedentist.com
A huge event really boosted our toy collection numbers this year: The annual Sam Pack’s Five Star Subaru Car Meet and Toy Drive on NOV 23, 2024: https://www.instagram.com/subaruofgrapevine/reel/DCcp3Kcpf17.
All new and unwrapped toys were then collected, inventoried and delivered by Stellar Smiles Ortho and Dr. J to the LOCAL charities designated by the USMC Toys for Tots Foundation as Local Agencies:
- GRACE: https://www.gracegrapevine.org
- Grapevine Police Department Santa Cops program: https://www.grapevinetexas.gov/492/Santa-Cops
- 121 Community Church: https://121cc.com
Donations make a tremendous difference in our Grapevine community – addressing the neediest in this Holiday of Praise. Without donors, we would not be able to provide for so many families. God Bless and Merry Christmas.
Dr. J and The U.S. Marine Corps cannot thank all the donors enough.
