Eugene OR

Greetings!
The registration period for our 2024 Campaign opens October 1st, 2024 and will close November 15th, 2024. Please be sure to register as soon as possible, as we are unable to accept late registrations and walk-ins. All recipients must be registered online before the cut off.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns.
 

The success of our local Toys 4 Tots program is greatly attributed to the outstanding volunteers that support our program in a variety of ways. If you would like to be a part of the team that brings Christmas to the children of Lane County during these challenging times, click here to fill out our volunteer form.
 

All donations received stay in Lane County!!
Donations can be made online by clicking here. If you would like to mail in a check, the below address is provided.
 
Lane County Toys 4 Tots
3106 Pierce Parkway
Suite C
Springfield OR 97477-7909
 

Be sure to follow us on our social medias. This is a great way to stay up to date with news, updates and volunteer opportunities.
 
Facebook
            Lane County Toys For Tots
            https://www.facebook.com/lanecountytoysfortots/?fref=ts
Instagram
            @LaneToysForTots
 

Email
            EugeneT4T@usmc.mil
Phone
            541-600-4483

The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, an IRS recognized 501(c) (3) not-for-profit public charity, is the authorized fundraising and support organization for the Toys for Tots Program. The Foundation provides the funding and support needed for successful annual toy collection and distribution campaigns. The foundation staff is in an office suite aboard Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia, about 35 miles south of Washington, DC.

Local campaigns are conducted annually in nearly 500 communities covering all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The Commander, Marine Forces Reserve, has under his command 280 Marine Reserve Units located at 183 Marine Reserve Centers and seven Marine Corps Bases/Air Stations covering 46 states.

Members of the community drop new, unwrapped toys in collection boxes positioned in local businesses.  Coordinators pick up these toys and store them in central warehouses where the toys are sorted by age and gender.  At Christmas, coordinators, with the assistance of local social welfare agencies, church groups, and other local community agencies, distribute the toys to the needy children of the community.  Over the years, Marines have established close working relationships with social welfare agencies, churches, and other local community agencies, which are well qualified to identify the needy children in the community and play important roles in the distribution of the toys.

While Toys for Tots coordinators organize, coordinate, and manage the campaign, the ultimate success depends on the support of the local community and the generosity of the people who donate toys.

Local business leaders play key roles.  They allow coordinators to locate drop-off/collection boxes in their stores; provide free warehouse space for storing and sorting toys during October, November, and December; provide vehicles to collect toys from drop off sites; sponsor toy raising events; and help coordinators arrange media exposure for Toys for Tots in the local community.

National corporations support Toys for Tots by establishing affiliations with the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation.  These corporations make donations to the Foundation or conduct cause-marketing initiatives from which they share royalties with the Foundation.  In almost every instance, the marketing initiatives of these corporations give significant added visibility and name recognition to Toys for Tots. Such visibility enhances the campaign at the national and local levels.  The funds emanating from these affiliations enable the Foundation to purchase toys to supplement local collections; purchase promotion and support materials: and defray the costs of annual Toys for Tots campaigns.