The mission of the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation is to assist the U. S. Marine Corps in providing a tangible sign of hope to economically disadvantaged children at Christmas. This assistance includes providing day-to-day leadership and oversight of the Program, raising funds to provide toys to supplement the collections of local Toys for Tots Campaigns, to provide promotional and support material and defray the costs of conducting annual Toys for Tots Campaigns. Other Foundation support includes providing administrative, advisory, financial, logistic and promotional support to local Toys for Tots Coordinators; managing funds raised and monies donated based on the use of Toys for Tots name or logo; providing other support the Marine Corps, as a federal agency, cannot provide; and conducting public education and information programs about Toys for Tots that call the general public to action in support of this patriotic community action program.

Lia Hyundai of Albany and Lia Honda of Albany presented a check for $2,000 to Toys for Tots on December 16, 2021 at the Hyundai store. “Lia supports Toys for Tots in our stores, but because this has been such a challenging year we wanted to provide a funding as well”, said Michael Lia, Co-Owner, Lia Auto Group.