Let Your Kids Be
Santa’s E lves
PLAY IT FORWARD PITTSBURGH
Address: Check the website for drop-offs at local businesses in the east suburbs.
Contact: playitforwardpittsburgh.com
Teach your kids how to make another child’s holiday special!
This organization collects gently used toys and offers them free to
families in need. Donate your own toys or offer to collect toys among
your neighbors, moms group or as a project through your service
organization. Collect donations from your customers at your business,
help provide supplies needed or donate funds to pay for the expenses
associated with the drive and much more. Visit the website for more
information.
SALVATION ARMY WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION
Address: Check the website for all of the east suburb locations.
Contact: wpa.salvationarmy.org, or 412.446.1548
A fun and festive family giving project! The Salvation Army
provides thousands of children and individuals with Thanksgiving
and Christmas dinners, winter coats, clothing, toys and gifts. Through
the Project Bundle-Up, Treasures for Children, and Adopt-a-Family
programs, you can make someone’s holiday better. There are many
ways to volunteer or to make monetary donations. Visit the website
for more information.
MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TOYS“R”US
Drop-off Location: 3735 William Penn Highway,
Monroeville
Contact: toysrus.com, toysfortots.org, or 412.373.8043
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Season
of
Giving
Looking to give back
or volunteer
as an individual
or a family this
holiday season?
Here are just some
of the
organizations in
your area that
could use an
extra hand
to help those
in need.
Show your kids the true meaning of the
holidays! Take the family change jar to
Toys“R”Us while holiday shopping and purchase
a gift for a child in need! The mission of the U.S.
Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program
is to collect new, unwrapped toys during the
holiday season each year and distribute them as Christmas gifts to
less fortunate children in the community in which the campaign is
conducted. Toys“R”Us provides convenient drop-off areas in its stores
to help Toys for Tots’ mission. Visit the website for more information.
WESTMORELAND COUNTY TOYS FOR TOTS
Address: Check the website for 2016 drop-off locations.
Contact: jeannette-pa.toysfortots.org, [email protected], or
724.834.4542
Show your kids the true meaning of the holidays! Donate
toys, make a monetary contribution or volunteer to assist in the
transportation and storage of toys and more! Greater Greensburg
Marine Corps League Detachment 834 is the only authorized
organization to operate the local Toys for Tots campaign in
Westmoreland County. It has been the proud sponsor of the program
for more than 17 years. The mission of the U.S. Marine Corps
Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys
during October, November and December and distribute those toys
as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the
campaign is conducted.
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