Fenton The UPS Store Helping Toys for Tots

The UPS Store ® located at 17195 Silver Parkway, in conjunction with The UPS Store locations nationwide, is teaming up with the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation and Sony Pictures’ holiday movie, “Arthur Christmas,” to help deliver the gift of reading through a new book.

Through Dec. 31, the Fenton The UPS Store location will sell donation cards to benefit the Toys for Tots Literacy Program. Every dollar donated helps purchase books for less fortunate children in the greater Genesee county communities.

“During the holidays, we hope to deliver the magic of the holidays through the Toys for Tots Literacy Program,” said Les Beare, The UPS Store owner. “With the generosity of our customers, we have raised more than $1.7 million nationwide since 2008 to purchase books for less fortunate children.”

Characters from the 3-D, CGI-animated, family comedy (in theaters Nov. 23) are incorporated into The UPS Store network’s holiday Toys for Tots Literacy Program in-center donation campaign.

Additionally, through Dec. 31, customers can go to The UPS Store Facebook page to make a donation directly to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation and learn more about the Toys for Tots Literacy Program.  

Other online components of the holiday campaign include games on ArthurChristmas.com: a gift wrapping game that provides pack-and-ship tips by The UPS Store, and the Steve’s S1 Flight Simulator that gives participants the chance to get a secret code to obtain bonus game time by checking in on foursquare at a participating The UPS Store location. Customers can also receive 20 percent off holiday printing when they check in on foursquare at a participating The UPS Store location.   

Fenton’s will continue additional fundraising activities throughout the year, including a coin box program for customers to donate their spare change.  One hundred percent of donations go to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, which will use the donations to purchase books for less fortunate children in the local community.  They also have a Toys for Tots drop box for unwrapped holiday toys for kids provided by the local Marine Corp Veterans.

The Toys for Tots Literacy Program, a year-round initiative of the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation, provides the nation’s most economically disadvantaged children access to books with the goal of enhancing their ability to read and communicate effectively so they can compete academically and succeed in life.

The UPS Store is located at 17195 Silver Parkway and has convenient extended holiday and weekend hours. For more information on the Toys for Tots Literacy Program, please visit www.toysfortots.org/literacy. For additional information, visit www.theupsstorelocal.com/3351 or just Google: 3351 or call 810-750-2920 x 3.

The 3D, CG-animated family comedy Arthur Christmas, an Aardman production for Sony Pictures Animation, at last reveals the incredible, never-before-seen answer to every child's question: “So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?” The answer: Santa's exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole. But at the heart of the film is a story with the ingredients of a Christmas classic – a family in a state of comic dysfunction and an unlikely hero: Santa’s youngest son, Arthur. When this amazing operation misses one child out of hundreds of millions, Arthur, the least capable Claus, embarks on a hilarious, exciting rogue mission against the clock with his politically incorrect grandfather Grandsanta and a giftwrapping-obsessed elf named Bryony, to deliver the last present before Christmas morning dawns.  The film is directed by Sarah Smith, written by Peter Baynham & Sarah Smith, and produced by Peter Lord, David Sproxton, Carla Shelley, and Steve Pegram.

The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation is a not-for-profit organization authorized by the U.S. Marine Corps and the Department of Defense to provide fundraising and other necessary support for the annual Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. Now in its 64th year, Toys for Tots provides joy and a message of hope to less fortunate children through the gift of a new toy or book during the Christmas holiday season. Our gifts offer these children hope, recognition and a positive memory they will cherish for a lifetime. Many of the gifts we provide, such as books, games and sports equipment, make a significant contribution to the educational, social and recreational development of these children. In 2010, Marines distributed gifts to 7.2 million children in over 700 communities nationwide. The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation relies on individual donations from the American public as well as support from corporate sponsors. For more information, visit www.toysfortots.org.

With nearly 4,400 locations in the U.S., The UPS Store network comprises the nation’s largest system of retail shipping, postal, printing and business service centers. The UPS Store locations in the U.S. are independently owned and operated by licensed franchisees of Mail Boxes Etc., Inc., a UPS subsidiary. For additional information, please visit www.theupsstore.com.

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