Shaq Teams With Toys For Tots To Bring Holiday Cheer

Shaq-A-Claus is coming to town. That's right, NBA champion Shaquille O'Neal is teaming up with Toys R Us as the spokesman of the annual Marine Corps' Toys for Tots campaign. The "Join Shaq, Give Back" effort ties with Toys for Tots' mission to gather and distribute holiday gifts to millions of needy children across America, so that they may have hope despite the tight economy.

Given that even more children are living in poverty each day, the toy drive is particularly significant this year. O'Neal is not a newcomer to the role of Santa, as he's visited Toys R Us each year for nearly two decades to shop for youth programs, and is encouraging consumers to help the 62-year-old Toys for Tots program continue to spread holiday cheer.

New, unwrapped toys will be collected at stores through December 6, at Toys R Us and Babies R S locations nationwide. Making it truly a local effort, collected toys will be handed out in the communities where they've been donated. Donations are also welcome in stores and online here.

Toys R Us has collected more than 1.4 million toys and raised more than $16.2 million since partnering with Toys for Tots. Over $2,148 dollars has been raised from just the first day of the campaign.

Comments

[balancedsolution]

Shaq why don't you buy every kid in america a toy?

rather give them healthcare!

you have enough money to live.....

be a real american hero and stop asking the poor to help the poor.

get you and you rich friends to give back to the society that catapulted you to making so much money for playing a game.

just a thought.

michael jordan had an opportunity to change the world, instead he went for the money by having kids fight for his $150 air jordans.

be the change that is needed.

i'd support you more, and i'd forgive you for the "kobe tell me how my *ss tastes" rap.

[socialtalker]

what a riduculous comment. the owners of the basketball teams are not rich enough to give every child in america a toy. but millions of people of nearly all incomes have the power to make sure children can celebrate the holidays, to put the responsibility on a few basketball plays is just plain stupid.