Jeffrey S. Detwiler
Long & Foster Real Estate, the No. 1 privately owned residential real estate company in the United States, has announced that its Vienna/Oakton office is supporting the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve in its Toys for Tots campaign this year. The office launched its toy drive for Toys for Tots on Nov. 14. Toys may be dropped off at the Vienna/Oakton office, located at 309 Maple Avenue West, Vienna, VA 22180. Call the office at 703-938-4200 for office hours. All donations must be made before Dec. 11.
“The Toys for Tots initiative is always a fun, important cause and we’re excited to once again take part while providing our neighbors a convenient location to drop off donations,” said Fetneh Schacht, manager of the Vienna/Oakton office. “It’s great to know that by collecting toys throughout the holiday season, we can help make sure children who are less fortunate in our area have a more cheerful holiday.”
Long & Foster offices throughout the Mid-Atlantic region are participating in the Toys for Tots donation drive. This year marks the company’s 26th year participating in the holiday collection campaign. Between now and mid-December, each of Long & Foster’s more than 200 offices throughout seven states and the District of Columbia will accept toy donations. Long & Foster employees at the company’s home office in Chantilly, Virginia, will also participate in the annual holiday campaign.
“Giving back to the many communities in which we live and work is important to our Long & Foster family, which is why we participate in the Toys for Tots drive year after year,” said Jeffrey S. Detwiler, president and chief operating officer of The Long & Foster Companies. “The U.S. Marines have built a tremendous program with Toys for Tots, and our employees, agents and their clients appreciate and enjoy the opportunity to share the holiday spirit with children who might not receive anything otherwise.”
Once the toys are collected and presented to the U.S. Marines, they are distributed through churches and social welfare agencies to the neediest children throughout the community. Started by the U.S. Marines in 1947, the Toys for Tots campaign is an annual toy collecting drive that now reaches throughout 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico.Toys for Tots has distributed millions of toys to millions of children over the years, and Long & Foster contributes to this effort by collecting thousands of new toys throughout the company’s Mid-Atlantic market area each year.
For information on this year’s Toys for Tots Campaign, call the Vienna/Oakton office at 703-938-4200 or visit www.toysfortots.org.
About Long & Foster® Real Estate Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc., is the No. 1 privately owned residential real estate company in the United States. The company is part of The Long & Foster Companies, which also includes Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC, Long & Foster Insurance and Long & Foster Settlement Services. Long & Foster Real Estate is the exclusive affiliate for Christie’s International Real Estate throughout select parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, and it is a founding affiliate of Leading Real Estate Companies of the World, a prestigious global network of real estate professionals that includes the Luxury Portfolio International division.
Long & Foster Real Estate has over 220 offices, stretching from Raleigh, N.C., to Princeton, N.J., and from Charles Town, W.Va., to the Atlantic Ocean, and it represents more than 11,000 agents in seven Mid-Atlantic and Northeast states, plus the District of Columbia. The company, which has a productive commercial business in addition to its residential side, sold more than $31.4 billion worth of homes and helped people buy and sell homes nearly 90,000 times in 2015. The combined sales and equivalents for The Long & Foster Companies in 2015 were in excess of $56.8 billion. Visit www.LongandFoster.com for more information.
About the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots ProgramThe mission of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted. The goal is that this distribution will deliver hope and the joy of the holidays to less fortunate children that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive and patriotic citizens. This collection unites members of communities for a common cause each year and helps build better communities and a better future. For more information about the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program, visitwww.toysfortots.org.
