445 AW Airmen help Marines hand out toys
DAYTON, Ohio – Marine Gunnery Sgt. Antonio Kitchens, radio chief inspector instructor, Military Police Company C, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, provides instructions to volunteers of the Toys for Tots program held at Westwood Elementary School, Dayton, Ohio Dec. 6, 2014. Approximately 30 Reserve Airmen and Reserve Force Marines from the 445th Airlift Wing and the Military Police Company C handed out toys. Kitchens is the Marine Corps coordinator for the Toys for Tots program for Montgomery and Greene Counties, Ohio. The mission of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community in which the campaign is conducted. Over its life span, the Marine Toys for Tots Program distributed over 469 million toys to over 216 million less fortunate children. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Patrick O'Reilly)