Tropical Financial Helps Collect Toys for The Big Bus Toy Express
December 18, 2020
MIRAMAR, Fla. – For a third straight year, Tropical Financial Credit Union partnered with the Miami ABC affiliate, WPLG-TV, on the Big Bus Toy Express to collect toys for the Toys for Tots program, organized by the Marine Corps. Reserves.
On Friday, December 11, station newscasters hopped aboard a double-decker sightseeing bus and visited various businesses around South Florida, picking up donated new, unwrapped toys and doing live reports from each site. The day-long mission started bright and early at Tropical Financial’s Kendall branch and ended at its Coral Springs branch around dusk with several stops in between. Each site was adorned with the Christmas spirit as Santa’s helpers all social distanced and wore masks for protection.
Tropical Financial members, employees and people from the general public all contributed to the cause, bringing in hundreds of toys with the credit union itself donating another $1,000 to Toys for Tots. Through Tropical’s efforts and those of others, the TV station collected a record-setting 16,000 thousand toys, enough to fill the bus and two 27-foot trucks.
“We were once again excited to partner with WPLG and the Marine Corps Reserve for the Big Bus Toy Express,” said Rich Helber, CEO/president of Tropical Financial Credit Union. “It’s been a very challenging year with the pandemic, so it was more important than ever to make sure the kids in our community have presents to open on Christmas Day. As a credit union, helping the community is part of our DNA.”
About Tropical Financial Credit Union
Based in Miramar, Florida, Tropical Financial Credit Union is a not-for-profit financial institution whose deposits are federally insured. Anyone who lives or works in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Lee, Collier, Hendry and Sarasota Counties is eligible to join. Tropical Financial Credit Union was formed in 1935 by employees of the former Southern Bell with just a few hundred dollars and has grown to $850 million in assets. For more information, visit www.tropicalfcu.com.