This website covers the annual Toys for Tots drive on the Central Coast of California covering the geographic area of
Paso Robles & vicinity to Lompoc/Santa Ynez (we are the coastal corridor along Highway 101, scroll down to see the map of our area) .

The 5th Annual Central Coast Toys for Tots Golf Tournament will be held on Friday, September 7, 2012 at the Monarch Dunes Golf Resort in Nipomo CA. See the Special Events page (click on Central Coast Region) for more information and a Registration Form.

                                          IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A CONTACT TO REQUEST TOYS...

If you live within our Central Coast area, go to the TOY REGISTRATION page and click on the city listed closest to where you live and check the information for registration and distribution.. 

If you live out of our area and want to know how to apply for toys, call your county social services department or local non-profit organization(s), such as the Salvation Army, to sign up. You may also check the National Toys for Tots web site and look for a Marine Office or Coordinator close to your home. 

For the 12th campaign in as many years, the Central Coast Region Toys For Tots met its mission in gathering toys for needy children and getting them to social service agencies for families.

Last years campaign (2011) supported all needs for 12 separate social service agencies and non-profits who qualify families and distribute the toys that are collected.  A special thanks to our distributor partners:

Loaves and Fishes, Atascadero
Cambria Anonymous Neighbors
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Cayucos
Salvation Army, Five Cities
Dorothy Jackson Family Resource Center, Lompoc
Nazarene Church, Los Osos
Salvation Army, Morro Bay
SLO County SAFE, Nipomo
The Toy Bank, Paso Robles
Salvation Army, San Luis Obispo City
Community Action Commission of Santa Barbara County
People Helping People, Santa Ynez

These Toys For Tots Partners distributed 33,650 toys to 14,400 needy kids in December of  2011.    

Thank you 33,650 times for your kindness and generosity!

Semper fi, Barbara Wolcott
Executive Director
Central Coast Region Toys For Tots

The Marine Corps Reserve (with support from local Marine Corps League units) has collected toys for needy children since 1947...we are now in our 65th year!  Collection boxes are placed at a number of locations in each of our supported cities for donated NEW, UNWRAPPED toys.  The toys are sorted by age group and parents/guardians of the children will then select an appropriate toy for each child at the distribution site. 

The Central Coast Toys for Tots Program is sponsored by the Marine Corps League, Detachment 680 based in San Luis Obispo, CA under the leadership of Commandant Todd Frederick and Executive Director Barbara Wolcott
 
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Senior AdvisorAnita Pomerantz & Regional Directors John DuMong and Debbie Mansfield and Coastal Valleys Detachment 1340..... assisted by over 650 community volunteers

BEND A LITTLE

.......TO LIFT UP A KID

Video: Little Boy and the Marine
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Video: Kids....
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MISSION:
The mission of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.

GOAL:
The primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver, through a new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens.

OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of Toys for Tots are to help less fortunate children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas; to play an active role in the development of one of our nation’s most valuable resources – our children; to unite all members of local communities in a common cause for three months each year during the annual toy collection and distribution campaign; and to contribute to better communities in the future.

ACTIVITIES:
The principal Toys for Tots activity which takes place each year is the collection and distribution of toys in the communities in which a Marine Corps Reserve Unit is located.  In communities without a Reserve Unit, the campaign can be conducted by a Marine Corps League Detachment or group of men and women, generally veteran Marines, authorized by Marine toys for tots Foundation to conduct a local Toys for Tots campaign.  Local Toys for Tots Campaign Coordinators conduct an array of activities throughout the year, which include golf tournaments, foot races, bicycle races and other voluntary events designed to increase interest in Toys for Tots, and concurrently generate toys and monetary donations.

(Mission statement from the Toys for Tots Foundation website)