Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How do I find my local Toys for Tots Chapter?

The national website is the starting point to find one of our over 800 Toys for Tots campaign sites (www.toysfortots.org).

  • Click Find Your Local Chapter
  • Select your Stat
  • Select your County/City
  • At the local website, each visitor may find information about local events, how to become a collection point for the local campaign, how to register for assistance, and how to donate directly to a local campaign.

Q: How can I request toys for my family or organization?

Proceed through the following process.

  • Click the Request a Toy option at the top of the page
  • Select your state
    • City or County search options will appear
  • Select the city or county nearest your location
    • This will direct you to the Local Campaign website.
  • Contact information for the campaign as well as information pertaining to donating or requesting a toy can be found on the website. The Coordinator will contact you once they have received your inquiry.

Q: How can my business/organization become a Toy Drop Location, Host an Event, Volunteer?

Proceed through the following process.

  • Click the Find Your Local Chapter button at the top of the page
  • Select your State
  • Select your County/City
  • At the local website, each visitor may find information about local events, how to become a collection point for the local campaign, how to register for assistance, and how to donate directly to a local campaign.

Q: How to donate toys?

Proceed through the following process to determine the toy drop off location nearest to you.

  • Click find your local Chapter
  • Select your State
  • Select your County
  • Donate (Drop Down)
  • Donate a Toy

Q: What ages are supported by Toys for Tots and are there toys/gifts not accepted/distributed?

  • Most local chapters can assist up to age 12 but in many local communities the support is such that the age limit may be extended.
  • Toys for Tots does not accept realistic looking weapons and gifts with food.  If donated, such items will NOT be distributed. If you question an item, contact your local chapter for clarification.

Q: Pre-teen/teens are groups for which shopping is especially difficult. Do you have any ideas?

Items suggested for these age groups have included but are not limited to:  sporting equipment/bags/balls, books, backpacks, cosmetics, purses, watch/wallet gift sets, bath gift sets, board games, radio control cars/trucks, hand-held electronics, skateboards, bicycles, curling irons, hair straighteners, and hair dryers. 

Q: How can I make a monetary donation to Toys for Tots?

To donate by credit card, go to Donate Now

To donate by check, make payable to Marine Toys for Tots Foundation and main to:

Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
18251 Quantico Gateway Drive
Triangle, VA  22172

Q: How can my corporation become a National Corporate Sponsor of Toys for Tots?

Proceed through the following steps:

  1. Go to Corporate Sponsors on our homepage.
  2. Click on the How to Become a Sponsor box.
  3. Read information provided.
  4. Click on Colonel Ted Silvester email address, and an e-mail box will appear
  5. Fill out email message by providing your name and phone number. Ted will contact you as soon as possible.
  6. You can also call Ted Silvester at the number indicated on that page.

Q: I am writing a paper/preparing a speech about Toys for Tots. Where can I obtain information?

Proceed through the following two (2) step process and determine the procedure.

  1. Click on About Toys for Tots button at the top of the page
  2. The topics includes an array of information from our history, how the program works, to our financials, and how YOU could volunteer to start a local chapter.

Q: How can I become a Toys for Tots volunteer?

Proceed through the following process.

  1. Click the Find Your Local Chapter menu option at the top of the page
  2. Select your state
    • City or County search options will appear
  3. Select the city or county nearest your location
    • This will direct you to the Local Campaign website.
  4. Contact information for the campaign as well as information pertaining to donating or requesting a toy can be found on the website.
    The Coordinator will contact you once they have received your inquiry.

Q: My business is a toy drop off location. I need to have the toys we have collected picked up.

Proceed through the following process.

  1. Click the Find Your Local Chapter menu option at the top of the page
  2. Select your state
    • City or County search options will appear
  3. Select the city or county nearest your location
    • This will direct you to the Local Campaign website. If this is not the local campaign you are serving as a toy drop off location for select a different City or County.
  4. Contact information for the campaign can be found on the website.
    The Coordinator will contact you once they have received your inquiry.

Q: I signed up for assistance/to be a collection site but have not heard anything. What should I do?

You must contact the local Toys for Tots representative about such particulars.  Contacting the national Foundation can increase the time it takes for such a message to reach the appropriate person.  The Foundation is located in Virginia and is limited to either e-mailing or calling the local contact to inform them of any requests that may have been overlooked.

Q: Is there a list of toys available to guide me with my donation?

Toys for Tots does not publish a list of appropriate toys to donate.  If such a list were created, most would follow it, resulting in a limited selection of items to distribute in each community. We would rather our donors consider what might be an appropriate gift for their own child/relative, purchase the item, and donate to Toys for Tots.

Q: Are there toys/gifts that are not accepted/distributed?

Toys for Tots prefers not to accept realistic looking weapons and gifts with food.  If donated, such items will NOT be distributed.

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