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Toys for Tots, annual Marine Corps holiday collection drive is now open

Updated 12/11/2025

Toys for Tots collection boxes at Island Beer Club. Courtesy photo.

The annual Marine Corps Toy For Tots Christmas collection drive runs until Dec. 19.

Collection boxes have been placed at numerous Coronado locations, with more to come. Donations of unwrapped toys, children’s books, and games can be dropped off at any of the locations.

Here’s a partial list of where to donate Toys for Tots in Coronado:

Bank of America, 1199 Orange Ave.

Boney’s Bayside Market
Left to right, Nick Boney, Boney’s Bayside Market, and Armando Acuna, Coronado Marine Corps League

Boney’s Bayside Market, 155 Orange Ave.

Chase Bank, Coronado
Left to right, Armando Acuna, Coronado Marine Corps League, Krishna Samperio, Chase Bank, and Dave Werner, Coronado Marine Corps League.

Chase Bank, 1000 Orange Ave.
CMG Mortgage, 1033 B Ave., Suite B

Coldwell Banker West, 944 Orange Ave.
Coronado Cays Yacht Club, 30 N. Caribe Cay Blvd. N.
Coronado Community Center, 1845 Strand Way
Coronado Fitness Club, 875 Orange Ave.

Dec. 3, 2025. First full box collected at the Coronado Golf Course. Last year, the Pro Shop, the Men’s and Women’s clubs and the local golf community donated more than 300 toys, balls, puzzles, games and other gifts. The Toys For Tots drop off box is in the Pro Shop until Dec. 19. Left to right: Armando Acuna, Coronado Marine Corps League associate member, Brian Smock, head Coronado Golf Course Pro, and Dave Werner, Coronado Marine Corps League.

Coronado Golf Pro Shop, 2000 Visalia Row
Coronado Hardware, 140 Orange Ave.
Coronado Yacht Club, 1631 Strand Way
Crown City Cigars, 1136 Loma Ave.
Gelato Paradiso, 918 Orange Ave.
Hotel del Coronado, Ocean Club
Island Beer Club
John D. Spreckels Center, 1019 7th St.

McP’s Irish Pub
Left to right, Dave Werner, Coronado Marine Corps League, Ted Taylor, McP’s, and Armando Acuna, Coronado Marine Corps League.

McP’s Irish Pub, 1107 Orange Ave.
Starbucks, 960 Orange Ave.
Stay Coronado, 843 Orange Ave.

U.S. Bank Coronado
Left to right, Rudy Maldonado, U.S. Bank, and Dave Werner, Coronado Marine Corps League.

U.S. Bank, 800 Orange Ave.
VFW, 557 Orange Ave.
Vons, 868 Orange Ave.

Last year was a great success and the Coronado Detachment of the Marine Corps League collected hundreds of toys that made Christmas a joy for poor children in San Diego County who otherwise would have gone without.

 

Editor’s Note: Edited Dec. 1, 2025 with additional locations and photos. Edited Dec. 11, 2025 with new photo.



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Originally from upstate New York, Dani Schwartz has lived in Coronado since 1996. She is happy to call Coronado home and to have raised her children here. In her free time she enjoys reading, exercising, trying new restaurants, and just walking her dog around the "island." Have news to share? Send tips or story ideas to: [email protected]

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