Donate to Toys for Tots at the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum

SAN DIEGO - Nov. 20, 2013 - PRLog -- SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum is now accepting toy donations for Toys for Tots this holiday season.  You can drop off donations of new, unwrapped toys for Toys for Tots between Nov. 20, 2013 and Dec. 15, 2013. The Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Admission to the museum is free, and we ask that you consider donating a toy the next time you come in for a visit. Recommended donations are action figures, dolls, toy vehicles, puzzles, and toys for babies and toddlers. However, we cannot accept gifts that represent any kind of weaponry, food, clothes, used toys, or liquid products. If the toy requires batteries, please be sure to include them.

The Flying Leathernecks has been a San Diego Toys for Tots collection site since 2002. Our goal is to assist the San Diego Toys for Totsin collecting new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the San Diego area and strives to spread a message of hope that will encourage children to grow into responsible, patriotic citizens.

The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation (the fundraising, funding, and support organization for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program) is an IRS-recognized 501(C)(3) not-for-profit public charity. Since its inception in 1947, Toys for Tots has distributed more than 469 million toys to more than 216 million needy children. For more information about donating, collections, or registering to receive toys, please visit http://toysfortots.org.

About The Foundation 


The Foundation actively supports the operation of the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar Command Museum (Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum) located on MCAS Miramar. We accomplish the mission by providing a volunteer base to support day-to-day operations and by providing financial support to augment austere DoD budgets. For more information, please visit www.flyingleathernecks.org

About the Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum

The Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum (FLAM) has undergone a rigorous certification process and is one of only three certified Marine Corps Command Museums. The FLAM is the only museum in the world dedicated to the primary purpose of preserving the history of U.S. Marine Corps aviation and boasts a collection of more than forty vintage aircraft, a library with extensive research materials, photos, video, valuable memorabilia and artifacts.