The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s three blimps in the United States and the United States Marine Corps Reserve will conduct joint maneuvers to benefit the Toys for Tots Foundation at the company’s airship bases in Ohio, Florida and California this weekend. Goodyear and the Marine Corps Reserve will build on the success of the first joint Toys for Tots maneuver conducted in 2010, which saw 1,700 cars drive through the blimp hangar in Ohio to drop off 3,762 toys and collect $2,239. The three Goodyear blimp bases will be open to drive-through traffic only. There is no charge and a donation is not required to drive through and enjoy the scene. Dates and times specific to each location are available at the Goodyear blimps’ website at www.goodyearblimp.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GoodyearBlimp, in the notes or events sections, or by calling the nearest blimp base at these locations: Suffield, Ohio 330.796.8151; Pompano Beach, Florida 954.946.8300; and Carson, California 310.327.6565. Founded in 1948, it is the mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program to collect new, unwrapped toys and cash during October, November and December and to distribute these donations as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Goodyear Blimps, U.S. Marines In Toys For Tots Maneuver
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s three blimps in the United States and the United States Marine Corps Reserve will conduct joint maneuvers to benefit the Toys for Tots Foundation at the company’s airship bases in Ohio, Florida and California this weekend. Goodyear and the Marine Corps Reserve will build on the success of the first joint Toys for Tots maneuver conducted in 2010, which saw 1,700 cars drive through the blimp hangar in Ohio to drop off 3,762 toys and collect $2,239. The three Goodyear blimp bases will be open to drive-through traffic only. There is no charge and a donation is not required to drive through and enjoy the scene. Dates and times specific to each location are available at the Goodyear blimps’ website at www.goodyearblimp.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GoodyearBlimp, in the notes or events sections, or by calling the nearest blimp base at these locations: Suffield, Ohio 330.796.8151; Pompano Beach, Florida 954.946.8300; and Carson, California 310.327.6565. Founded in 1948, it is the mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program to collect new, unwrapped toys and cash during October, November and December and to distribute these donations as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.
