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The South-Central Toys for Tots campaign needs your help this holiday season. While the campaign is working diligently to help families in Whitley, Laurel, Knox and McCreary counties ensure children have gifts for Christmas, the campaign needs volunteers, toy donations and money....

The United States Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots campaign locally has faced a similar predicament as many other charitable endeavors this year. Because of COVID-19, donations are down significantly while demand for the program has increased. “Unfortunately, this year, it is...

Lowes recently presented the South Central Kentucky Toys for Tots campaign with over $2,000 worth of much needed materials to keep the campaign moving, such as a refrigerator for volunteer’s refreshments, a Christmas tree with decorations, hand sanitizer, face masks and shields,...

Would–be sharpshooters are invited to come out to Center Target Firearms and Indoor Range in London to show off their skills and help the local Marine Corps Toys for Tots Campaign. The range is hosting a pistol competition through Dec. 13, with all proceeds going to help provide...

With the holidays fast approaching the U.S. Marine Corps is gearing up for its annual Toys for Tots campaign, and, locally, the JC Paul Detachment of the Marine Corps League is working to help children across Knox, Laurel and Whitley Counties. Greg Sims, Commandant of the...

Photo by DEAN MANNING. The Marine Corps League – J.C. Paul Detachment 1448 Toys for Tots Campaign supplied an estimated 2,976 children with 11,868 toys and 8,901 books to children for Christmas. Above, shoppers are shown at the Mountain Outreach Gift Day event held on...

Center Target Firearms and Indoor Range, will host a Pistol Shooting Competition to serve as a fund raiser for the Whitley, Knox and Laurel County’s Toys for Tots Campaign. All proceeds will benefit the campaign. Everyone who goes to Center Target between now and Christmas are...

Kentucky Vietnam war veteran and J.C. Paul Detachment #1448 Marine Corps League Commandant Greg Sims recently had the privilege of being selected to visit Washington, DC as part of the 2018 Honor Flight Kentucky. Sims was one of 69 veterans who packed a charter flight from the...

The JC Paul Detachment of the Marine Corps League ended its first “Toys for Tots” campaign by collecting enough toys to provide Christmas for more than 1,428 area children. The effort culminated Dec. 16 when the detachments hosted its second and final distribution of toys to...

The J.C. Paul Detachment of the Marine Corps League has taken on one of the Corps’ biggest missions, organizing and executing the local “Toys for Tots” Campaign. Greg Sims, Commandant of the detachment, said the organization has teamed up with 25 local businesses and...