December 2019 Meeting: Vallen Corporate Office, 2100 Oaks Parkway, Belmont, NC 28012

Topic: Protective Industrial Products (PIP) representatives (Rich Crotts or Reggie Grigg) will be presenting advances in cut protective gloves and Donovan Baker will be presenting information about the new JSP hard hat line at Vallen Safety’s Belmont facility. They will be sponsoring lunch for our assembled group.

Lunch is free with a Toys For Tots gift donation to an underprivileged child who may not otherwise have anything under a tree this holiday season. Tarheel Chaper is honored to welcome Commandant Glenn Perkins of the United States Marine Corps Reserve to facilitate our offering to their noble mission.

Please bring an unwrapped toy valued at $15.

Location: Vallen Corporate Office 2100 Oaks Parkway

Belmont, NC 28012

Parking is located in front of the building.

Enter through the office and sign in at the front desk

The receptionist will direct you to the meeting room

During our chapter meeting on December 5th, we will be supporting the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. Please bring an unwrapped toy valued at $15.

MISSION:The mission of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.

GOAL:The primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver, through a new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens.

OBJECTIVES:The objectives of Toys for Tots are to help less fortunate children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas; to play an active role in the development of one of our nation’s most valuable resources – our children; to unite all members of local communities in a common cause for three months each year during the annual toy collection and distribution campaign; and to contribute to better communities in the future.

ACTIVITIES:The principal Toys for Tots activity which takes place each year is the collection and distribution of toys in the communities in which a Marine Corps Reserve Unit is located.  In communities without a Reserve Unit, the campaign can be conducted by a Marine Corps League Detachment or group of men and women, generally veteran Marines, authorized by Marine Toys for Tots Foundation to conduct a local Toys for Tots campaign.  Local Toys for Tots Campaign Coordinators conduct an array of activities throughout the year, which include golf tournaments, foot races, bicycle races and other voluntary events designed to increase interest in Toys for Tots, and concurrently generate toys and monetary donations.