Loosen up Your Throwing Arm, the Jackals' Teddy Bear Toss This Saturday
December 5, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL)
Elmira Jackals News Release
ELMIRA, N.Y. - December 5, 2012 - The Elmira Jackals invite their fans to come participate in their yearly Teddy Bear Toss this Saturday, December 8 when they take on the Reading Royals at 7:05 p.m. inside First Arena.
"The Teddy Bear Toss is one of our favorite promotions of the year. It's a spectacle to see thousands of stuffed animals raining down on to the ice, and we also want to do what we can to help those in need during the holidays. Everyone with the Jackals knows that our fans will make this year our best Teddy Bear Toss yet," said Jackals general manager Matt Hufnagel. The Jackals are asking that all fans bring with them a new stuffed animal to Saturday's game. After the Jackals score their first goal everyone throws their stuffed animals onto the ice to be collected For this year's Teddy Bear Toss, the Jackals are partnering with Toys for Tots and Glove House to distribute all of the stuffed animals that are thrown at the game. About Toys for Tots:
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.
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