Every vacation season, Disney groups up with the Marine Toys for Tots Program to deliver toys and pleasure to youngsters in want. For one United States Marine Sergeant and his Disney household, supporting this program is a convention.
“My dad has labored for Disney for so long as I can keep in mind,” Sgt. Muscaro mentioned. “We have been a Disney household rising up. Once I first began engaged on Toys for Tots and noticed how concerned Disney was, it simply felt like this full-circle second.”
Sgt. Muscaro’s dad, Kent, is a director of finance at Walt Disney World. He was impressed to get much more concerned with the Disney Final Toy Drive after seeing the work each his son and his fellow solid members have been doing to deliver vacation happiness to Central Florida households.
“I’m very proud,” mentioned Kent, tearing up. “Once I see him taking over these tasks – not solely with Toys for Tots, but additionally as a frontrunner within the Marines – I’m simply very proud.”
Kent’s father was additionally a Marine, and he handed down the tales of his dad’s service to his son. These tales impressed Sgt. Muscaro to enlist, which led to his position with Toys for Tots.
“My dad and I actually bonded over tales about my grandpa and his time within the Marines,” Sgt. Muscaro mentioned. “Household is essential, and I really like Toys for Tots as a result of I like serving to the households in our neighborhood. It’s one among my favourite components about being on the station that I’m at; I get to do that yearly.”
Sgt. Muscaro is a warehouse supervisor with Toys for Tots and oversees donations throughout Orange, Osceola and Seminole counties, ensuring all of the toys are correctly counted, sorted and able to be distributed to households forward of Christmas Day.
Most of the donated toys come from Disney World solid members and visiting visitors as a part of the Disney Final Toy Drive. This 12 months, Disney World solid members and visitors donated practically 20,000 toys – and counting! – in Central Florida. It’s some extent of delight for Kent, who says Disney solid members are among the most beneficiant individuals he’s ever identified.
“The amount of toys that they offer is unbelievable,” Kent mentioned. “Not solely that, however there are Disney VoluntEARS who’ve been concerned in Toys for Tots for years, and so they include a whole lot of expertise and a giant coronary heart to provide again to the neighborhood.”
Disney solid members have volunteered with Toys for Tots for greater than 75 years, courting again to Walt Disney himself. He and his animators personally designed the enduring Toys for Tots prepare emblem, displayed on toy assortment bins all around the United States immediately.
When you’d like to hitch Disney, the Marines and the Muscaro household in delivering the reward of happiness to households throughout the nation this vacation season, there’s nonetheless loads of time to get entangled within the Disney Final Toy Drive! As you’re purchasing for presents on-line, you’ll be able to select a toy to donate to Toys for Tots on DisneyStore.com by way of December 24.
As they serve our nation – and our Central Florida neighborhood by way of Toys for Tots – we thank our family and friends in the USA Marine Corps for all they do and need them a really blissful vacation season!
