“had just come from a board meeting of the area Marine Benevolent Fund, or whatever the real name is.”
Most likely, the name is the Marine Corps League. Those Marine vets organize fund raisers like Toys For Tots. It’s a good organization. If you’re Christmas shopping this year and can afford it, pick up a $10 toy and give it to the Toys For Tots organization.
You can drop off the toys at the local Marine Corps recruiting office or at the VFW or American Legion.
That’s probably it. And we have a friend who’s the director of the local Easter Seals organization, and they work with a lot of poor single moms. We fill up a couple shopping carts every year for their toy drive.