Readiness

Brig. Gen. Helen G. Pratt, commanding general of 4th Marine Logistics Group, lets a child try on her cover and talks to her about what it’s like to be a Marine during the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club’s annual Toys for Tots distribution at New Orleans City Hall, Dec. 16, 2017. Nearly 2,000 families lined up to receive toys and gifts. Toys for Tots, an annual Marine Corps Reserve program, aims at collecting new, unwrapped Christmas gifts for less fortunate children in the community. Since its inception in 1947, Toys for Tots has distributed 512 million toys to 237 million children.