Teaming up with the Beverly High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC (MCJROTC), Net Atlantic once again took part in the annual Toys For Tots drive earlier this month. Our third successive year participating in this particular effort, we’ve enjoyed such a positive turnout with our first two fundraisers that we’ve made this an annual tradition for our winter giving efforts.
From left to right: Cadet First Sergeant Caitlin Ogiba; Volunteer Members: Rosie Strom, Tara Kelley, Jeff Krumrine (Volunteer Committee Chair), Steven O’Brien, and Robin Crowley; and Cadet Second Lieutenant Brandi Duzz.
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“Thanks to the generosity of Net Atlantic employees, our Volunteer Committee was able to amass over fifty toys that brought smiles to many children on Christmas morning,“ said Jeff Krumrine, Volunteer Committee Chair at Net Atlantic. “We are very grateful to the Beverly High School Marine Corps JROTC for being our partner in this year’s Toys for Tots Drive. We were thrilled to be able to enrich the lives of so many children this holiday season with the wonderful toys we collected.”
Toys for Tots began in 1947, when the wife of a Marine Officer made a doll and could not find an avenue to distribute it to a needy child. A national effort by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves to collect toys for under privileged children began through the Marine Officers efforts. Today, about 4 million children a year now receive the gifts, collected from gas stations, malls and offices all over the country. For more information, go to www.toysfortots.org.
