*****PRESS RELEASE*****

As the 2014 holiday season quickly approaches, Brentwood firefighters hope to help
spread a little holiday cheer again this year. Brentwood Fire & Rescue is joining forces
with the United States Marine Corps Reserves to provide drop off points for the Marine
Corps Toys for Tots Program. Each fire station, as well as the Brentwood City Library,
Brentwood City Service Center, and Brentwood City Hall will be collecting new,
unwrapped toys for underprivileged children throughout the Middle Tennessee area.
Collection started the beginning of November and will last through December 23rd.
Chief Brian Goss with Brentwood Fire &
Rescue commented on the program,
This is our sixth year collecting for
the Marine Corps Reserves Toys for
Tots. We hope to continue with the
success we had from years past.
Brentwood Fire & Rescue has collected
close to 6,000 toys over the last five
years with an estimated total value of
almost $60,000.
Corporal Dennis Bowers with India

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Company, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marines

and the Nashville Area Marine Corps
Toys for Tots Program Coordinator is
excited for this years Toys for Tots.
Last year Toys for Tots in Middle
Tennessee provided over 70,000 toys to
over 28,000 children. This would not
have been possible without
organizations like Brentwood Fire &
Rescue who were instrumental in the
success of the 2013 Toys for Tots
campaign in Williamson County.
Corporal Bowers added, Toys for Tots
is excited to work with Brentwood Fire
& Rescue again this year.

The United States Marine Corps

Reserve Toys for Tots Foundation oversees the nation-wide program that serves over
500 communities in all 50 states. They are an IRS recognized 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
public charity. Since 1991, the Toys for Tots Program has donated over 17 million toys
to more than 7 million children.
You can help the Marines and Brentwood Fire & Rescue with their mission this year by
dropping off a new, unwrapped toy at one of the four Brentwood Fire Stations, the
Brentwood City Library, Brentwood City Hall, or any Toys for Tots drop off location.
Just look for a drop off location by spotting a Toys for Tots poster in the window of a

business or visit the Nashville Marines Toys for Tots website at www.ToysForTots.org
and select Nashville, Tennessee.
The addresses for the four Brentwood Fire Stations can be found at the Brentwood
Fire & Rescue website, www.Brentwood-Tn.org/Fire. Toys can be brought by any time
between 8:00am and 5:00pm. Toys that are damaged or opened from their original
package cannot be distributed.
For more information on the Toys for Tots program, please visit www.ToysforTots.org.
For information about Brentwood Fire & Rescue, visit www.Brentwood-TN.org/Fire or
call (615) 371-0170.