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Santa's Been!

When my daughters, Dawn & Lisa, were children, their Mom and I always encouraged them to leave milk and cookies out for Santa on Christmas Eve. After they were sound asleep, we put out a batch of unwrapped toys around the tree...usually the things they wanted the most. Someone always drank the milk and ate the cookies (gee, who could that have been?). On Christmas morning we were usually awakened by Dawn & Lisa banging on our bedroom door hollering: "Santa's been! Santa's been!"
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Each year Volunteers from Orlando's USS Haven along with many other Florida Star Trek Sci-Fi clubs abd groups, and our Delta Flyer Student Team of Millennium Middle School and Poinciana High School's FIRST Robotics Team gather at Orlando's WFTV Ch-9 to assist in Santa Saturday celebrations to meet and greet parents, children, and others who drop off toys for donation and share their Holiday Spirit. 
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Your Volunteer efforts, combined with that of so many good-hearted folks in Florida, ensure that hundreds of Central Florida children, who would otherwise not have received much, will be waking their parents on Christmas morning each year banging on their bedroom door while hollering "Santa's been! Santa's been!"
 		 
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Our Crew and Friends have been assisting WFTV and our local USMC Reserve with Santa Saturdays since 2005. In addition to hosting Koloring with Klingons play stations, we provide photo opps for visitors and fun for the kids.
When we are not entertaining the children, our staff stays busy unloading vehicles for Toy Donors who stop by to drop off their new unwrapped toys by the carload or truckload.
Our Members and our Students have personally donated over 3000 toys for distribution to children in need throughout Central Florida. While our efforts are only a small part of the hundreds of thousands of toys donated, our contribution is significant.
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THANKS to ALL for sharing your Spirit with our Community.
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Over the 58 years of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program, Marines have distributed more than 332.5 million toys to 158.7 million needy children. This charitable endeavor has made U.S. Marines the unchallenged leaders in looking after needy children at Christmas. Over its 14 year life span, the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation has supplemented local toy collections with more than 55.5 million toys valued at more than $284 million; plus has provided promotion and support materials valued at over $3.2 million

Our Crew and Friends are proud to join this effort each year. Thanks to WFTV and Central Florida's Marine Corps Reserve for inviting us and THANKS to ALL our volunteers.