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Thousands of toys collected for Sussex County children

January 15, 2017

This past holiday season, Toys for Tots distributed 5,932 toys to needy children in Sussex County. The Marine Corps League Diamond State Detachment 704 provided volunteer personnel to collect and distribute toys, while local merchants and citizens provided toy drop-off locations. Volunteers devoted many hours to this worthwhile project, and local merchants and citizens gave generously. The United States Marine Corps Reserve first organized the Toys for Tots program in 1947, with the goal of donating toys to needy children who might not otherwise have toys for a merry Christmas.

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