NAMB state affiliates pitch in for Toys for TotsMortgagePress.com$10,000-plus, United States Marine Corps, Major Hendricks' campaign
$10,000-plus raised for 59th annual toy
drive
This past December, several National Association of Mortgage
Brokers state affiliates took part in regional holiday parties,
co-sponsored by The Mortgage Press Ltd., and in the process, raised
in excess of $10,000 for the United
States Marine Corps 59th Annual Toys for Tots program and
deserving children. The goal of the program is to collect new,
unwrapped toys during the holiday season to distribute to less
fortunate children for the holidays. The program was launched back
in 1947 by U.S. Marine Major Bill Hendricks and a group on Marine
reservists in Los Angeles who collected and distributed 5,000 toys
to needy L.A. area children. Due to the success of Major Hendricks'
campaign, the U.S. Marine Corps adopted the program in 1948 and
have sponsored it ever since.
The 2006 Mortgage Broker Holiday Networking Parties, held in
California, Georgia, New York, Ohio and Texas, featured a day of
networking, seminars with NAMB Board members and reps from the NAMB
state affiliate host state, and a holiday celebration to cap off
the day. During the party, members of the U.S. Marine Corps were on
hand to collect both new, unwrapped toys and monetary donations for
the Toys for Tots program.
Many thanks to the board members and volunteers from the
California, Georgia, New York, Ohio and Texas Associations of
Mortgage Brokers for their contributions to the 59th Toys for Tots
campaign. For more information on the Toys for Toys Foundation, log
on to www.toysfortots.org.
