Source: United States Navy
Select NEX locations will be participating in the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots Program this holiday season. NEX customers can donate a new, unwrapped toy for a child in need.
“This is the 75th year the U. S. Marine Corps Reserves have been collecting through its Toys for Tots Program,” said Bill Marx, Marketing Promotion Coordinator for the Navy Exchange Service Command. “We are excited to once again welcome the Toys for Tots donation boxes to our NEX locations this holiday season. The dates for when the donation boxes will be in the stores will vary by NEX location, so customers should contact their local store for more information.”
Toys for Tots drop boxes will be located at NEX Annapolis and NEX Patuxent River, Maryland; NEX Norfolk store, gas station/mini mart, Fleet Store and Iowa Estates mini mart; NEX Little Creek store and gas station/mini mart; NEX Oceana; NEX Dam Neck store, Car Care Center and package store NEX Northwest Annex; NEX NSA Hampton Roads mini mart; NEX NRMC Portsmouth; NEX Portsmouth; NEX Yorktown and NEX Cheatham Annex, Virginia; NEX Belle Chasse, Louisiana; NEX Corpus Christi and NEX Kingsville, Texas; NEX Gulfport, Mississippi; NEX Jacksonville, NEX Panama City, NEX Pensacola, NEX Mayport, Florida; NEX Kitsap-Bangor and NEX Whidbey Island, Washington; NEX San Diego, NEX Lemoore, NEX Port Hueneme and NEX North Island, California; NEX Pearl Harbor store, Fleet Store, Touch & Go mini mart, Iroquois Point mini mart, Halsey mini mart and Ford Island mini mart and NEX Kauai, Hawaii; and NEX Guam.
The mission of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys each year to distribute as holiday gifts to less fortunate children in the community in which the campaign is conducted. The primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver, through a new toy, a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens. More information about Toys for Tots Program can be found at toysfortots.org/.
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Select NEX locations will be participating in the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots Program this holiday season. NEX customers can donate a new, unwrapped toy for a child in need.