[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 153 (Thursday, September 22, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E973]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TOYS FOR TOTS 75TH ANNIVERSARY

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                        HON. BLAINE LUETKEMEYER

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 22, 2022

  Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the U.S. 
Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program on their 75th Anniversary of 
bringing Christmas joy and a message of hope to America's disadvantaged 
children.
  Established in 1947, the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves has protected the 
hopes, dreams, and positive future of our nation's most valuable 
resource--our children--with the Toys for Tots Program, an official 
mission of the Marine Corps Reserve.
  Over the past 75 years the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots 
program has delivered the magic of Christmas to over 281 million less 
fortunate children and distributed over 627 million toys nationwide 
with the support of the U.S. Marine Corps, Marine Corps Reserve and 
community coordinators who conduct toy collection campaigns.
  In Missouri, the Toys for Tots program has 20 chapters. Two of those, 
reside in my district: Jefferson City, MO serves Cole, Maries, Miller 
and Morgan Counties and Troy, MO serves Lincoln County. These two 
chapters have done a tremendous job of bringing their volunteers 
together to bring the joy of Christmas and send a message of hope to 
central Missouri's less fortunate children.
  Madam Speaker, please join me in congratulating the U.S. Marine 
Corps, the Marine Corps Reserve, and the Toys for Tots program for 
their outstanding efforts on behalf of our needy children, both here in 
Missouri and across the Nation for the past 75 years.

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