Central Florida's Toys for Tots

Central Florida’s Toys for Tots
Need is Critical
Here’s how you can help.
By Q McCray, WFTV.com

The warehouse in Orlando is filled with empty boxes.  While donations are coming in, organizers say they’re only at about 25% of their goal and Christmas is just over three weeks away. Toys for Tots, run by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, is serving nearly 8,000 families and 153 nonprofits across Orange, Osceola, and Seminole counties this year. That’s a 15% jump from last year and they need 115,000 new, unwrapped toys** to make sure every child gets something.

The biggest needs?   

👉 Toys for babies and toddlers (ages 0–2)

👉 Gifts for older kids (ages 11 and up)

You can drop off new, unwrapped toys at hundreds of collection bins across Central Florida. Deadline to donate in Osceola, Orange and Seminole counties: December 12. Other counties will accept donations through mid-December.   Toys for Tots also needs red or blue tape (to sort toys by gender) and garbage bags (to pack them up).  Help make Christmas brighter for a child in need. Please go to https://www.wftv.com/community/9-family-connection/  to identify your closest drop-off point.