Bucks County PA
Frequently Asked Questions

Toys must be unwrapped and new in unopened original packages.

We find that the age groups of under 3 years old (infants) and 10-up (Boys and Girls) are always the hardest to buy, collect, and distribute for. This has been a trend since the beginning of the program. If you need ideas for what to donate take a look below for good ideas that we have seen through our years of sorting and distributing.

- Please try to stay away from plush animals. They have become overabundant, and are getting harder to distribute due to allergies, etc.
- Remember New and Unwrapped Toys, Please!
- Also, if you purchase anything that requires batteries, a little added perk would be to securely tape the proper size and number of batteries to the outside of the box. Batteries are expensive!

Make check payable to: Marine Toys for Tots Foundation

All donations are sent in bulk to the Foundation on a weekly basis, for credit to the local account. All proceeds collected are then used to fund expenses and buy toys to distribute to children in the local area. Proceeds are spent in local stores.

• Providing toy collection sites.
• Providing boxes to package toy orders
• Assisting in the transportation and storage of toys.
• Helping to promote Toys For Tots in the media.
• Underwriting special events.
• Assisting with such critical services as printing, warehousing, fundraising, etc

Why a Toys for Tots website?
How do I find my local Toys for Tots campaign?
What ages are supported by Toys for Tots?
Is there a list of toys available to guide me with my donation?
Pre-teen/teens are groups for which shopping is especially difficult. Do you have any ideas?
Are there toys/gifts that are not accepted/distributed?
I signed up for assistance/to be a collection site but have not heard anything. What should I do?
Where can I drop off a toy?
How can I obtain toys for my children or for someone else?
How can I become a Toys for Tots volunteer?
How can my business become a Toy Drop Off Location?
I am writing a paper/making a speech about Toys for Tots. Where can I obtain information?
My business is a toy drop off location. I need to have the toys we have collected picked up.
How can I make a cash donation to Toys for Tots?
How can my corporation become a National Corporate Sponsor of Toys for Tots?

Toys for Tots created a national website to provide information, education, and an opportunity to donate to Toys for Tots to the American public.  Support of our program via the website has increased every year!  We are grateful to our generous donors for their continuous and loyal support.

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The national website is the starting point to find one of our nearly 800 Toys for Tots campaign sites.  At the top of the Home Page of the Foundation's National Website (www.toysfortots.org), there is a menu option “Donate a Toy”.  From this menu, one may select the state, then the city/county in which they reside.  If the city/county is covered, clicking on that location will take the surfer to a local Toys for Tots website.  At the local website, each visitor may find information about local events, how to become a collection point for the local campaign, how to register for assistance, and how to donate directly to a local campaign.

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Most campaign sites are able to assist children up to age 12, but in many local communities, local support is such that the age limit may be extended to 14-16.

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Toys for Tots does not publish a list of appropriate toys to donate.  If such a list were created, most would follow it, resulting in a limited selection of items to distribute in each community.  We would rather our donors consider what might be an appropriate gift for their own child/relative, purchase the item, and donate to Toys for Tots.

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The Foundation does purchase supplemental toys/gifts for our campaign sites and focuses on these age groups.  In the past, items purchased for these groups have included, but are not limited to:  sporting equipment/bags/balls; books, backpacks, cosmetics, purses, watch/wallet gift sets, bath gift sets, board games, radio control cars/trucks, hand-held electronics, skateboards/helmets, curling irons, hair straighteners, and hair dryers.

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Toys for Tots prefers not to accept realistic looking weapons and gifts with food.  If donated, such items will NOT be distributed.

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You must contact the local Toys for Tots representative about such particulars.  Contacting the national Foundation can increase the time it takes for such a message to reach the appropriate person.  The Foundation is located in Virginia and is limited to either e-mailing or calling the local contact to inform them of any requests that may have been overlooked.

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Proceed through the following four (4) step process to determine the toy drop off location nearest to you.

1. Click the "Toy Drop-Offs" button at the top of the page
2. Select your state
   - City or County search options will appear
3. Select the city or county nearest your location
   - Contact by phone, FAX, email (Recommend you use email. Click the hypertext email address. An email form will appear)
4. Fill out the form by providing your name, phone number and address. Ask for the location of the toy drop off point nearest you. The Coordinator will contact you and provide the requested information.

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Proceed through the following four (4) step process and determine the procedure.

1. Click the “Request Toys” button at the top of the page
2. Select your state
   - City or County search options will appear
3. Select the city or county nearest your location
   - Contact by phone, FAX, email (Recommend you use email. Click the hypertext email address. An email form will appear)
4. Fill out the form by providing your name, phone number and address. Provide the ages and gender of your children and request that Christmas toys be provided for them.
   The Coordinator will contact you.

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Proceed through the following three (3) step process and determine the procedure.

1. Click the “Toy Drop-Offs” button at the top of the page
2. Select your state
   - City or County search options will appear
3. Select the city or county nearest your location
   - Contact by phone, FAX, email (Recommend you use email. Click the hypertext email address. An email form will appear)

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Proceed through the following four (4) step process and determine the procedure.

1. Click the “Toy Drop-Offs” button at the top of the page
2. Select your state
   - City and County search options will appear
3. Select the city or county nearest your location
   - Contact by phone, FAX, email (Recommend you use email. Click the hypertext email address. An email form will appear)
4. Fill out the form by providing your name, phone number and address plus a description of your business. State that you want to volunteer to be a toy drop off location. Send to coordinator.
   The Coordinator will contact you.

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Proceed through the following two (2) step process and determine the procedure.

1. Click on  “About Toys for Tots” button at the top of the page
2. This page provides the index for an array of information about Toys for Tots.

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Proceed through the following four (4) step process.

1. Go to “Toy Drop-offs”
2. Select you state
   - City and County search options will appear
3. Select the city or county nearest your location
   - Contact by phone, FAX, email ((Recommend you use email. Click the hypertext email address. An email form will appear)
4. Fill out the form by providing your name, phone number and address. Explain that the drop off box at your business is full and request that the donated toys be picked up on/no later than (insert date(s)). Send message to coordinator.
   The Coordinator will contact you.

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To donate by credit card, proceed through the following two (2) step process.

1. Go to "Donate Online
2. Follow instructions

To donate by check, accomplish the following:

Mail your check to:

Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
18251 QuanticoGateway Drive
Triangle, VA  22172

Make check payable to: Marine Toys for Tots Foundation

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Proceed through the following five (5) steps:

1. Go to “Corporate Partners” on our homepage.
2. Click “What I need to know”
3. Read information provided.
4. Click on Colonel Ted Silvester hypertext, and an e-mail box will appear
5. Fill out email message by providing your name, phone number, FAX number and mailing address. Bill will contact you as soon as possible.
6. You can also call Colonel Ted Silvester at the number indicated on that page.

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