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NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan — It all started four years ago with a Tickle Me Elmo doll.
Petty Officer 1st Class Nathan Grant figured he'd do his part to support the Toys for Tots drive at Whidbey Island, Wash., and he tossed the doll into his shopping cart.
Then he eyed a few more toys, thinking he could help more children.
"If you give one toy to one kid in an orphanage, that can change that child's world," said Grant, now working for Commander Fleet Air, Western Pacific. "But if you can give hundreds of toys, that can have a really dramatic effect."
Grant, 29, ended up filling his cart and spending $300 on orphans and needy children he would never know, but whom he knew would be grateful to have brand new toys for the holiday season.
