“You Can Make A Difference!” (About Toys for Tots) This is the slogan for the charity Toys for Tots. Toys for Tots is a well known charity with millions of members. However, how do you know that this charity is safe, trustworthy, and going to a real cause? Toys for Tots is a trustworthy foundation that you should donate your money to because they provide toys for millions of children all over the United States. Toys for Tots has supported hundreds of millions of children and communities on christmas day for the last 70 years. And they continue to provide every year with help from people all over. Toys for Tots is a well known charity in the United States. Many people might have done research about what Toys for Tots does or how they run their foundation. But Some …show more content…
In 2009, the Toys for Tots Literacy Program won the PR News' Platinum PR Award for the Best Community Relations Campaign (About Toys for Tots). This is a later received award but it is still a very important one. According to Charity Watch, a highly trusted website, Toys for Tots receives an overall grade of -A (Charity Watch). This is a very impressive score that not many charities of the same size receive. Charity Watch also states that Toys for Tots spends 79% of revenue on the cause. However on the Toys for Tots’ official website they say that 97% of all revenue goes to their cause (Toys for Tots). Alex Hollings, a former employee of Toys for Tots, stated that the marines never touch the toys in the process of donating them; However this is because the organization has other business, and community centers distribute the toys for them. And the strict rules about not being able to provide for families is because Toys for Tots is not allowed to hand out the toys themselves. Toys for Tots is a very large organization so many people probably do not know or understand what is going on behind the scenes of Toys for