Long and Foster’s PERRY HALL Sales Office
Designated TOYS FOR TOTS Collection Site
All Long & Foster Sales Offices Will Serve As Toy Drop Off Sites For Annual Toys for Tots Campaign:
Perry Hall, Md. November 2, 2009 –Long & Foster’s Perry Hall office is proud to announce the launch of its annual toy drive to benefit the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves’ Toys for Tots Campaign.
Toys may be dropped off seven days a week between 9am and 6pm weekdays and 3pm weekends, at Long & Foster’s Perry Hall office located at 8712 Belair Rd. (Belair and Silver Spring Rds., behind Wendy’s) prior to December 11, 2009.
Long & Foster’s Perry Hall office sales manager, Sharon Blough said. “We are proud to participate in The Long & Foster® Companies 19th annual toy drive throughout its seven-state Mid-Atlantic region and the District of Columbia in support of the U.S. Marines Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program. We hope you will be generous with your donation to help less fortunate children throughout our community.”
Wes Foster, Chairman of The Long & Foster Companies said, “We take great pride in being able to once again assist this worthy cause and to help give the needy children in our communities the Christmas they deserve. For nearly two decades, Long & Foster and its affiliated businesses have remained committed to helping provide a better holiday season to children in need in the communities we serve.”
Between now and Dec.22, each of the company’s more than 200 sales offices throughout seven states will accept donations of new unwrapped toys for distribution to financially and/or physically disadvantaged children. Long & Foster employees at the company’s corporate headquarters in Chantilly, Va. will also participate in the annual holiday event.
Once the toys are collected and presented to area Marines, they are distributed to local churches, social welfare agencies and to less fortunate children throughout Long & Foster’s service area.
The U.S. Marine Corps Reserves Toys for Tots program began with a single campaign in 1947. Last year, 18 million toys were distributed to underprivileged children nationwide by The U.S. Marine Corps Reserves program. Long & Foster collected more than 25,000 toys which were distributed to charitable and service organizations in the communities Long & Foster serves.
About The Long & Foster ® Companies
The Long & Foster ® Companies is the parent company of the largest, privately owned residential real estate company in the U.S., Long & Foster® Real Estate, Inc., and is the Mid-Atlantic region’s leading provider of homeownership services. In addition to its real estate arm, The Long & Foster® Companies consist of Prosperity Mortgage® Company; Walker Jackson® Mortgage Corporation; Long & Foster® Insurance Agency, Inc., and Long & Foster® Settlement Services. The total 2008 sales volume and sales equivalents for all The Long & Foster Companies was $48.9 billion.
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