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Ridgecrest CA

Serving Ridgecrest, Inyokern, and Trona, CA

Toys for Tots Coordinator
Steven Le

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The Local Impact

Ridgecrest CA during 2025

3,684
Toys Distributed		 1,250
Children Supported

The Ridgecrest Toys for Tots Local Community Organization (LCO) announces the application and distribution sites are now CLOSED for the 2025 Toys for Tots season.

Thank you to all the volunteers, businesses, organizations, schools, churches, and individuals that contributed, donated, volunteered, and helped to make this a successful campaign. You have made hundreds of children very happy for Christmas this year. This would not have been possible without you, your businesses, organizations, and military units.

Thanks to all of you and I look forward to working with you again next year!
If you would like to "Make a Difference" in providing toys to less fortunate children locally or supporting the efforts to provide our local children a new toy, please contact me as we will be preparing this summer for the 2026 campaign.

Your online donations are appreciated and are collected year round! Click the "Donate" button on the top right hand side of this screen to begin donating online. Donate through this link and 100% of your donation will benefit children in Ridgecrest, Inyokern, and Trona.
 
Warm Wishes,
Steven Le
Ridgecrest Toys for Tots Coordinator

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HOW DO I FINANCIALLY SUPPORT THE LOCAL CAMPAIGN?
+Monetary donations are appreciated in the form of check or cashier's check, made out to the "Ridgecrest Toys for Tots".
+Cash is also an acceptable form of donation, but it is recommended that any cash donated to the campaign be accompanied with a donation letter detailing the total amount donated and the contact information of the donor, in order to receive a donation acknowledgement letter from the Foundation.
All monetary donations may be:
+Arranged to be picked-up by local campaign volunteers by texting/calling (714) 489-5188 or emailing ridgecrest.ca@toysfortots.org.
+Given to local community volunteers during special events and fundraisers who are wearing official Toys for Tots t-shirts and/or Toys for Tots photo ID badges.

WHO LEADS THE LOCAL RIDGECREST CAMPAIGN?
Since there is no Marine Reserve unit in Ridgecrest, the Ridgecrest Toys for Tots campaign is led by local community volunteers. All local campaign volunteers donate their time and are unpaid. The Ridgecrest campaign's volunteer local community organizer (LCO) is Steven Le for 2025. Thank you Amy Ochoa for an amazing 2024! 
Do you wish to join the local volunteer team? Connect with campaign volunteers by texting/calling (714) 489-5188 or emailing ridgecrest.ca@toysfortots.org.
To note, local campaign volunteers are managed closely by paid staff at the Toys for Tots Foundation Headquarters in Virginia. So closely in fact, that every campaign is required to complete various deposit and purchasing reports throughout the season, as well as an after action report every January. Not following Foundation policies may result in a local campaign being shut down by the Foundation. Also, the Foundation gives every LCO a written yearly review regarding his/her performance. A poor LCO review will result in dismissal from volunteering again. You may also be interested to learn that the salaries of the paid staff at the Foundation level are paid out of an endowment fund through the Disney company, and do not come from any donations. 

WHY IS THE COMMUNITY ASKED TO DONATE? 
The Toys for Tots Foundation has 870 campaigns as of 2025 throughout the US. While the Foundation sends toys to all campaigns, it focuses mostly on providing toys for larger sized campaigns that assist 10,000+ children, and campaigns in communities that are rebuilding after natural disasters. The Ridgecrest campaign is categorized as a 'small' sized campaign by the Foundation.

HOW DOES THE LOCAL CAMPAIGN HANDLE MONETARY DONATIONS? 
The National Toys for Tots Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charity, was established in 1947. The Foundation is responsible for maintaining the finances of all 830+ campaigns nationwide, and are strictly audited every year by reputable financial institutions. Charity Navigator, a third-party charitable watchdog group, awarded Toys for Tots four-out-of-four stars and a 99% top rating in 2024 for its outstanding oversight of public donations.
100% of monetary donations made to the Ridgecrest campaign is deposited into the Ridgecrest campaign's account at the Foundation level. The local campaign is required to complete a several step accounting report with every monetary donation made, before the donation and its accounting report is overnight mailed to the Foundation to be deposited.

HOW DOES THE LOCAL CAMPAIGN MAKE PURCHASES? 
The Toys for Tots Foundation provides local community organizers (LCO) with debit cards that are directly connected to their respective local campaign accounts. Every single purchase an LCO makes on behalf of their local campaign must be done using this debit card, under the direction and approval of Foundation staff. Purchases are then populated to an online log book where LCOs must upload purchase receipts and purchase reports for every purchase. Foundation staff closely monitor this to ensure LCOs are following the Foundation's strict purchasing policies. LCOs who fail to follow purchasing policies are dismissed of their volunteer duties. The Ridgecrest campaign is honored to report that it received 100% compliance regarding every purchase made in 2025.

100% of funds raised through the Ridgecrest Toys for Tots campaign stay local to support the campaign and local children.

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