Toys For Tots receives $31,000 donation through GAT Guns fundraising

Posted December 21, 2015 10:00 pm

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Chicago area gun owners generously donated $31,697.89 to Toys for Tots at GAT Guns in East Dundee.

In addition to the cash donation, GAT Guns is a drop-off location and collected more than four collection boxes of toys.

GAT Guns has supported the U.S. Marines Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program every year since the early 1990s.

Glock generously donated a Glock 43 handgun to be raffled off. One hundred percent of the ticket price went to Toys for Tots.

U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Chief Warrant Officer 3 Patrick Kackert, coordinator for Kane County Toys For Tots, drew the winning ticket at GAT Guns on Friday, Dec. 18.

Toys for Tots is a charitable program and foundation instituted by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve in 1947. Its mission is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to children in need throughout the community. Its primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver, through a shiny, new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to needy children that will motivate them to grow into responsible, productive, patriotic citizens and community leaders.

For information about Toys for Tots, visit the official Kane County website at batavia-il.toysfortots.org.

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