{"id":1142360,"date":"2021-12-22T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1142360"},"modified":"2021-12-22T13:50:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T18:50:05","slug":"secy-of-state-blinken-gives-remarks-on-toys-for-tots-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secy-of-state-blinken-gives-remarks-on-toys-for-tots-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Secy. of State Blinken gives remarks on \u2018Toys for Tots\u2019 organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecy-of-state-blinken-gives-remarks-on-toys-for-tots-organization%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1142360&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2619982\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2619982\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2619982\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/toysfor-655x437-1.jpg\" alt=\"FORT MYER, VIRGINIA - DECEMBER 10: Children of military families carry toys during a sorting event for the annual Marine Toys for Tots Drive at the Joint Base Myer\u2013Henderson Hall on December 10, 2021 in Fort Myer, Virginia. In the year 2020, Toys for Tots, which was founded in 1947, served 7.4 million children with 20 million toys. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/toysfor-655x437-1.jpg 655w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/toysfor-315x210.jpg 315w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/toysfor-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/toysfor.jpg 1024w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2619982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FORT MYER, VIRGINIA \u2013 DECEMBER 10: Children of military families carry toys during a sorting event for the annual Marine Toys for Tots Drive at the Joint Base Myer\u2013Henderson Hall on December 10, 2021 in Fort Myer, Virginia. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:32 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, December 22, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken thanked the \u201cToys for Tots\u201d foundation for their continued work through the holiday season, noting the State Department\u2019s contributions to their efforts. Blinken gave the remarks at the Annual Toys for Tots Ceremonial Presentation on Tuesday, highlighting the organization\u2019s rich history of giving since its founding more than 70 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMillions of children have received toys through Toys for Tots, going back to 1947. It is a terrific program and I have to say we are very proud here at the State Department to be able to support it,\u201d stated Blinken.<\/p>\n<p>Toys for Tots, founded by a Marine in 1947 and officially recognized under the Marine Corps in 1991, gives an average of 18 million toys to more than 7 million children in need each holiday season. Local toy campaigns are organized by a Marine in each area and begin in mid-October, continuing on through the first three weeks of December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to make sure that no child feels left behind, left out or forgotten during the holidays,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd that parents or grandparents who need it, can get a little help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Organizers usually request new and unwrapped toys, which are then organized by volunteers into age and gender groupings, and then subsequently distributed to at-need youth in communities nationwide. Ninety-seven percent of monetary donations go straight to gifts for the children, while the additional three percent is used for overhead and operating costs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was honored to present our annual <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToysForTots_USA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ToysForTots_USA<\/a> donation to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USMC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USMC<\/a>. Especially in the most challenging of times, it is inspiring to see Americans come together to take care of one another and spread the joy of the holiday season. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qg0LR95XIM\">pic.twitter.com\/qg0LR95XIM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecBlinken\/status\/1473337030193070082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI think the program says a lot about the character of the Marines. They\u2019re some of the toughest people in the world, they also have huge, huge hearts,\u201d Blinken continued.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have touted the organization\u2019s success while, Blinken noted the State Department annually donates to the program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year during the holidays, the State Department employees donate gifts to kids across the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, through the U.S. Marine Corps National Toys for Tots Program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Toys for Tots has donated more than 600 million toys to kids in need, giving nearly 300 million children a brighter Christmas.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/biden-gives-ineffective-solutions-to-omicron\/\">Biden Gives Ineffective Solutions To Omicron<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1142360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1142360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1142360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1142360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1142360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}