Service Credit Union Launches Toys for Tots Drive

December 2, 2014
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toysfortots2014PORTSMOUTH NH- Service Credit Union, in conjunction with the U.S. Marine Corps, recently announced the launch of the 2014 Toys for Tots drive. The credit unions President/CEO, Gordon Simmons, was on hand to greet Marine Corps Representative Staff Sergeant Gavin Lewis at the credit unions corporate headquarters located at 3003 Lafayette Road in Portsmouth. Service Credit Union will be partnering with Toys for Tots as a corporate-wide initiative and will be collecting toys in all of its New Hampshire branches. The drive will end December 12th when the marketing staff will pick up the boxes. The Toys for Tots Foundation is the fundraising, funding and support organization for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. Each year, the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation relies on the generous donations from corporate partners like Service Credit Union to help collect and deliver gifts to children. The primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens. Children from across the state will benefit from the toys collected at Service Credit Union branches, according to Lewis. The partnership with the Marine Corps Toys for Tots expands Service Credit Unions already strong commitment to helping the children in the communities where it does business and longtime support for all branches of the military. Service Credit Unions roots began more than 55 years ago at the Pease Air Force base. Toys for Tots began in 1947, when Major Bill Hendricks, USCR and a group of Marine Reservists in Los Angeles collected and distributed 5,000 toys to needy children. "Service Credit Union strongly supports the mission of the Marine Toys for Tots program and looks forward to a very successful toy collection campaign in all of our New Hampshire branches for this extremely worthwhile organization," said Simmons. "We are honored to be a part of fulfilling the holiday dreams of less fortunate children, who otherwise might have been forgotten this year." Service Credit Union is a full service financial institution with more than 6000 members worldwide, offering a wide range of financial products to its members.� With 46 branches including two staffed 24/7 contact centers, and full internet banking services, Service Credit Union serves anyone who lives or works in New Hampshire (excluding Coos County), 4 towns in Cape Cod, MA., and all branches of the U.S. Military and Department of Defense employees and their families. With over $2.4 billion in assets, Service Credit Union has 29 branches in New Hampshire, one in Massachusetts, 15 branches on U.S. military bases in Germany and a Virtual Branch. Caption: Marine Corps Representative Staff Sergeant Gavin Lewis, left, and Service Credit Union President/CEO Gordon Simmons present this years Toys for Tots posters which will be displayed in all the credit union branches in New Hampshire.  
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