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CertaSite & CertaSite Serves Starts Donation Drive for Toys for Tots

Written by CertaSite Editor | Nov 1, 2023 11:00:00 AM

For the fourth consecutive year, CertaSite's philanthropic arm CertaSite Serves is participating in the annual Toys for Tots donation drive!

CertaSite employees continue to show up in big ways to donate toys to the less fortunate children around our communities. We are so excited to launch our holiday CertaSite Serves community initiative.

Our Toys for Tots drive this year runs from November 1 - December 20, 2023. Each CertaSite branch has a different toy drop-off deadline with many in early- to mid-December. Once your branch drop-off deadline arrives, we encourage online donations through December 20.

Each year we have participated in this incredible initiative (2020, 2021, 2022), we not only reached our goal of 1,000 toys, but far exceeded it due to all of your generosity. Our goal this year is to gather a total of more than 1,000 toys. If each CertaSite branch collects 60 toys, think about what a blessing that will be to our CertaSite friends and neighbors who are trying to make the holidays special.

Toys for Tots, founded in 1947 by Marine Corps Reserve Major Bill Hendricks, collects new unwrapped toys and distributes these toys to less fortunate children during the holidays. The foundation's mission is, through the gift of a new toy, to help bring the joy of the holidays and send a message of hope to America's less fortunate children.

How to Participate

  1. Give in person - visit your local CertaSite branch to drop off your toys. See below for the locations with drop off sites.
  2. Donate toys online - buy toys through the Toys for Tots virtual toy box and email a receipt to info@certasitepro.com. 
  3. Donate money online donate money through the Toys for Tots website and email a receipt to info@certasitepro.com. Every $10 donated will count as one toy.​​​​​​​
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Our participating branches are:

  • Alpena, MI - Online only
  • Ann Arbor, MI - Drop off site; deadline 12/20
  • Brunswick, OH - Drop off site; deadline 12/7
  • Columbus, OH - Drop off site; deadline 12/16
  • Davenport, IA - Drop off site; deadline 11/27
  • Dayton, OH - Drop off site; deadline 12/3
  • Franklin, WI - Drop off site; deadline 12/6
  • Fulton, IL - Drop off site; deadline 11/27
  • Grand Rapids, MI - Drop off site; deadline 12/6
  • Greensburg, PA - Drop off site; deadline 12/16
  • Indianapolis, IN - Drop off site; deadline 12/13
  • Kalamazoo, MI - Drop off site; deadline 12/6
  • Kent, OH - Drop off site; deadline 12/13
  • Lafayette, IN - Drop off site; deadline 12/15
  • Rimersburg, PA - Drop off site; deadline 12/9
  • Sterling Heights, MI - Drop off site; deadline 12/7
  • Toledo, OH - Drop off site; deadline 12/8
  • Troy, MI - Drop off site; deadline 12/6

Need ideas?

Check out some of the top toy lists for 2023's holiday season from Amazon, Today Show, and Walmart.

About CertaSite Serves

CertaSite's purpose is to protect and provide a meaningful impact to as many lives as possible. CertaSite Serves supports that purpose and enlarges our wingspan beyond the life safety systems that we install, inspect, repair and maintain by offering a helping hand and providing a meaningful impact to those in critical need throughout our communities.