For 15 consecutive years, State Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione district offices have hosted "Toys for Tots." This year is no exception. The program which started 50 years ago by the Marine Corps has distributed millions of toys to needy children. The senator made the announcement just before Thanksgiving, that both of her offices in the city will be collecting toys until December 10th.
The offices collects the toys for the Marine Corps says Carmen Sousa. Sousa, who is the Office Manager for the Susquehanna Office says, Senator Tartaglione partnered up with the Marine Corps to help with their efforts to collect toys for children. "We help the Marines collect them. They have a list compiled of families in need and they actually go around and disburse the toys according to that list" she concludes.
The box on this day was less than half full. Sousa, sounding pretty assured said "we do pretty good…usually by next week the box will be pretty full."
Constituent Service Representative, Virginia Martinez said the Susquehanna office has been very successful in collecting the toys throughout the years. "Sometimes we have two boxes full of toys" she adds. As different people come to the office daily, Martinez says that she always mentions
the "toys for tots" box and the need for people to bring in new, unwrapped toys. "I want to make sure the box is full."
Sousa says that people can drop off the toys at the Susquehanna Avenue or Bridge Street locations from nine a.m to five p.m. "It's a way for us to give back" she ends.
For more information or questions visit http://www.toysfortots.org/.
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