|
Toys"R"Us, Inc. Announces Results for the 2007 Ultimate Toy Drive to Benefit America's Neediest Children
Nation's Leading Toy and Baby Products Retailer Helped the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation Bring Smiles and Toys to Deserving Children During the Holiday Season
Wayne, NJ - January 17, 2008
Today, Toys"R"Us, Inc., along with the Toys"R"Us Children's Fund, announced that its 2007 Ultimate Toy Drive to benefit the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation raised over $3 million and collected more than 600,000 toys this holiday season. As the largest retail partner in the 60-year history of Toys for Tots, the company collected toys and money in all Toys"R"Us and Babies"R"Us locations nationwide and online at www.Toysrus.com to help the organization provide gifts to many of the 13 million children living in poverty in the United States.
To jumpstart the campaign, Toys"R"Us, Inc. gave Toys for Tots $1 million worth of toys and the Toys"R"Us Children's Fund awarded the organization a $100,000 grant. In addition, this year Toys"R"Us, Inc. matched the total number of toys collected in all its stores to provide Toys for Tots with twice the number of toys donated by its customers. All toys collected through the campaign stayed in the community where they were donated to benefit needy children in the area.
"As a company, we are committed to helping children in need and the Toys for Tots campaign is something that our customers relate to as well," said Jerry Storch, Chairman and CEO, Toys"R"Us, Inc. "We are proud of the efforts of our customers, our employees and our communities in helping us collect toys and funds to help bring smiles and toys to America's neediest children during the holiday season."
"Toys"R"Us has been a tremendous partner over the last four years, and the synergies between our two organizations have made for a powerful partnership," said Lt. Gen. Matthew T. Cooper, USMC (Ret), President and CEO, Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. "Nothing is more heartwarming than being able to make the holidays a little brighter for those less fortunate, and we are extremely grateful to Toys"R"Us for all of its efforts this year in making the campaign a success."
About Toys "R" Us, Inc.
Toys"R"Us is the world's leading specialty toy retailer. Currently it sells merchandise through more than 1,550 stores, including 588 stores in the U.S. and 714 international toy stores, which includes licensed and franchise stores, and through its Internet site at www.Toysrus.com. Babies"R"Us is the largest baby product specialty store chain in the world and a leader in the juvenile industry, and sells merchandise through 259 stores in the U.S. as well as on the Internet at www.Babiesrus.com.
About Toys for Tots
The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, an IRS recognized 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity, is the authorized fund raising and support organization for the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. The Foundation provides the funding and support needed for successful annual toy collection and distribution campaigns. The Foundation is located at Marine Corps Base, Quantico, VA. Local Marine Corps Reserve units and volunteer organizations collect and distribute toys in over 600 communities covering all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. www.toysfortots.org.
|
