{"id":30446,"date":"2024-12-21T14:23:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T14:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=30446"},"modified":"2024-12-21T14:23:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T14:23:11","slug":"boca-raton-airport-authority-collects-most-toys-in-airport-history-during-8th-annual-u-s-marines-toys-for-tots-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/florida\/boca-raton-airport-authority-collects-most-toys-in-airport-history-during-8th-annual-u-s-marines-toys-for-tots-drive\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Boca Raton Airport Authority Collects Most Toys in Airport History during 8th Annual U.S. Marines Toys for Tots Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\"><em>Photo above &#8211; Boca Raton Airport Board Members, staff and tenants pose with toys collected for the 2024 United States Marines Toys for Tots annual drive.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The Boca Raton Airport Authority (BRAA) announced the success of its 8th annual Toys for Tots Drive. In partnership with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, airport tenants, and the local community, this year\u2019s drive saw the highest number of donations in airport history, with approximately 1,500 toys \u2013 including 15 bikes \u2013 collected for children in Palm Beach County.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"290\" src=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toys-for-tots-2-edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30448\" style=\"width:310px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toys-for-tots-2-edit.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Toys-for-tots-2-edit-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A U.S. Marine loads bikes into truck to deliver to kids in need for the holidays.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\">A special thank you goes to Fantasy Cares for generously donating $10,000 worth of toys this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This drive was made possible with the support of Atlantic Aviation, Boomers, Boca Aircraft Maintenance, Fairfield Inn &amp; Suites, Privaira, Reliable Jet Maintenance, Lynn University, and Signature Flight Support, who graciously volunteered to be donation drop-off locations. \u201cWe are incredibly grateful to our tenants and community for giving back this holiday season,\u201d said Clara Bennett, BRAA Executive Director. \u201cTheir contributions will surely bring joy and happiness to children across Palm Beach County.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo above &#8211; Boca Raton Airport Board Members, staff and tenants pose with toys collected for the 2024 United States Marines Toys for Tots annual drive. The Boca Raton Airport Authority (BRAA) announced the success of its 8th annual Toys for Tots Drive. In partnership with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, airport tenants, and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,116,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-airports","category-front-page-slider","category-florida"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/toys-for-tots-edit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30449,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30446\/revisions\/30449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}