Toys For Tots and Children's Charities 10th Annual Internet Toy Drive

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Toys For Tots 10th Annual Toy Drive Begins on Thanksgiving Day, 2009

Please give me a couple of minutes of your valuable time to tell you about a special project that many Internet entrepreneurs and a famous football player have poured their hearts into for 9 years now and that I am proud to be part of.

Thousands of needy children who would otherwise NOT get a single gift at Christmas this year, will hopefully now get several!

Announcing The 10th Annual Internet Toy Drive, in affiliation with the official U.S. Marine Corps "TOYS FOR TOTS" Program:
http://www.internettoydrive.org

We *know* that with Your Help we can go a LONG way into making sure Santa visits EVERY needy child this year! Major William (Bill) J. Grein, Vice President of Toys for Tots, says this is something their great program, despite it's popularity, has never been able to do. The need is simply too great. Therefore, he is a little more than excited that we aim to change that this year. Check out his message when you get to our website:
http://www.internettoydrive.org

Here's some basic information about The Internet Toy Drive:

* We have a signed licensing/corporate sponsorship agreement with Toys for Tots.

* We have NFL superstar quarterback Drew Bledsoe personally endorsing and sponsoring The Internet Toy Drive.

* ALL donations will be placed on special order forms (credit cards and online checks) on the Toys for Tots secure server. Donors will receive an automated email/tax deductible receipt when their donation/order is confirmed. Mail-in payments and PayPal are also accepted.

* Toys for Tots has provided us with real-time stats so we can monitor our fund-raising success and keep track of every penny we raise.

* Donations will be dispersed to the nearest U.S. Marine Corps Base to the donor for the purchase of needed gifts.

* You'll see (and hear) that we even have a theme-song for this project! Turn up your speakers and have a listen:
http://www.internettoydrive.org/children.html

* All of us are profiting *just* in our hearts from this project!

Our goal is to raise $100,000.00 for Toys for Tots from now until December 24th. That can ONLY happen if all of us put our hearts and mouses on the line to put the word out.

So, here are 4 simple steps you can take right now that will HELP more than you might imagine (if you do not have a website or Internet newsletter just see 1. and 2.):

1. Visit http://www.internettoydrive.org/donate.html and give whatever you can right now. Even $5.00 WILL HELP!

2. Help Us Spread the Word by telling everyone you know about The Internet Toy Drive. Please send them this letter if they have an opt-in list. Please do this now because it's a powerful way to get the message out and time is limited!

This site will become VERY popular very quickly and the exposure will be massive!

3. If you have a website, PLEASE visit our graphics page, grab one of our images and link to www.InternetToyDrive.org:
http://www.internettoydrive.org/images.html

Personally, I've always believed that giving is the greatest way to receive and trust me, YOU can do a whole lotta good by taking these simplest of actions. But PLEASE do it now - this is just a one month drive!

So, the question becomes . . . Can the Kids count on You??

Excellent!! Just read 1. thru 4. again and know in your heart that MANY needy children will be smiling Christmas Day JUST because of YOU:-)

We hope we can count on You to Help Kids this Christmas!

Have a Wonderful Holiday!

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Here is the ad you can run in your ezine or newsletter immediately and right up to December 24th:

Help Us Help Children! ANNOUNCING . . .
The 10th Annual Internet Toy Drive!!


We are proud to be a partner with the official U.S. Marines "Toys for Tots" program in The 10th Annual Internet Toy Drive. It's a sad fact that millions of children in the United States will NOT have a single
gift to open on Christmas Day! We aim to change that and make sure EVERY child has at least one present 'from Santa' under their tree. Help a needy child in YOUR community right now:
http://www.internettoydrive.org

We hope we can count on You to Help Kids this Christmas!

Have a Wonderful Holiday!

Trina L.C. Sonnenberg

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A Christmas Story

Oh, about seventeen years ago, I was spending Christmas as a newly divorced, single mother. I was 26 years old and my son was three. I worked two jobs, just to afford to live in a housing project, in a very scary neighborhood. I had no Christmas tree, I had no money, I had no gifts for my little boy. Not one! Talk about depressing...

Thank God for the U.S. Marine Corps. and a very special friend with a very special family.

That year I stood in line for several hours, waiting to pick out a gift for my son. I was not in a mall or toy store - I was in a public library, standing in line to receive a gift from Toys for Tots. I was happy to stand there, no matter how long it might take.

I met some terrific people in that line. I heard stories of divorce, of unemployment, and of poverty, but everyone I spoke with was happy. No one seemed to be willing to let their financial circumstances ruin the season for them. Having walked in their, feeling wretched, I left feeling on top of the world.

When I got home, I pulled a letter out of the mailbox, sent from a long time friend and mentor. Inside the envelope was a letter and another, smaller envelope. The smaller envelope contained a check and $200 Toys R Us, Jeffrey dollars. The letter explained that every year, rather than buying gifts for each other, they pool their money and send it to someone who needs it. She knew I'd gotten divorced, and what I was going through at that point in time, so that year, her family chose me.

The whole thing brought me to tears. It also brought me to my knees in thanks. Just as I was drying my eyes, a knock came on the door. The guy I'd been dating was standing in the hallway, with a plastic Christmas tree he'd found discarded.

I then realized that just when I thought I had nothing, I had everything. I had people who cared about me. I had toys for my little boy, and a Christmas tree to put them under. Everything I had, I had because people cared about me.

Christmas is about giving. The people that I met that day gave me a new attitude; they taught me something. They shared their cheer with me, and accepted me even though they didn't know me. The Toys for Tots donors gave me a gift to give my son, and the volunteers gave me their time, to see that I got that gift. My friend and her family gave me their love. Instead of giving to each other, they gave to my boy and me.

Christmas isn't about who can rack up the highest credit card bill; it's about making someone else happy. And gifts of yourself mean more and are remembered longer than anything you can get from a store.

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