Toys For Tots, Now In 67th Year

WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Published December 15, 2014 at 4:08 PM EST

A well-known holiday tradition that began 67 years ago is underway once again. Toys for Tots has followed a simple pattern—toys are donated and then distributed to children in need. Retired Lt. General Peter Osman, the president and CEO of the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, takes us back to how it all began in the years after the war.