PLYMOUTH, Minn.–TruStone Financial Credit Union, the TruStone Financial Foundation and TruStone Home Mortgage (a division of TruStone Financial) recently donated nearly 1,800 toys and $3,000 to Toys for Tots. Donations of new, unwrapped toys as well as cash were gathered at the credit union’s 23 branches, administrative center and corporate center.
To deepen the drive’s impact, TruStone Financial and TruStone Home Mortgage employees were encouraged to donate toys or money to Toys for Tots through their December Casual for a Cause day, a program where employees have the opportunity to wear jeans in exchange for a donation to a designated charity. Monetary donations were matched by the TruStone Financial Foundation, so the credit union was able to donate a total of $3,000 to Toys for Tots.
Justin Hebner, a United States Marine Corps veteran and mortgage closing specialist at TruStone Home Mortgage, has led the Toys for Tots drive at TruStone for the past seven years. “Every year, we are excited to surpass the toy and cash donations from the previous year to benefit kids in need,” he says. “We are amazed to see the overwhelming support come in from our community, members, employees and the TruStone Foundation.”