TRUSTONE FINANCIAL DONATES 1,300 TOYS AND $2,200 TO TOYS FOR TOTS
PLYMOUTH, Minn. (Dec. 4, 2024) – TruStone Financial Credit Union. the TruStone Financial Foundation and TruStone Home Mortgage (a division of TruStone Financial) recently donated 1,300 toys and over $2,200 to Toys for Tots. Donations of new unwrapped toys as well as cash were gathered at the credit union’s 23 branches, administrative center and corporate center in early December.
To deepen the drive’s impact, TruStone Financial and TruStone Home Mortgage employees were encouraged to donate toys or money to Toys for Tots through their December Casual for a Cause Day, a program where employees have the opportunity to wear jeans in exchange for a donation to a designated charity. Monetary donations were matched by the TruStone Financial Foundation, making it possible for the credit union to donate over $2,200 in total to Toys for Tots.
Justin Hebner, a United Stoles Marine Corps veteran and Mortgage Closing Specialist at TruStone Home Mortgage, has led the Toys for Tots drive at TruStone for 10 years. “We all look forward to supporting this cause every year,” he says, ” And are consistently blown away by the overwhelming support that comes from our community members, employees and the TruStone Foundation.”
About Toys for Tots
Toys for Tots is a program begun by the U.S. Marine Corps and now run by the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. The purpose of Toys for Tots is to provide a tangible sign of hope to economically disadvantaged children during the holidays. This assistance includes supporting the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program by raising funds to provide toys to supplement the collections of local Toys for Tots campaigns. to provide promotional and support material and defray the costs of conducting annual Toys for Tots campaigns. To learn more, visit ToysforTots.org
TruStone Financial employees appeared on-air December 4 in the KARE 11 Backyard to share some holiday joy. (Left to right: Miranda Campbell, Karen Greisinger, Dani Lewis, Marty Kelly and Justin Hebner.)
About TruStone Financial
TruStone Financial is a full-service credit union that has worked to improve the financial well-being of its neighbors since 1939. Having been founded as a teachers’ credit union, education is driven into the mission. It has 23 branches across Minnesota and Wisconsin and is Minnesota’s second largest credit union, with assets of more than $5.4 billion as of November 30, 2024 and a mortgage servicing portfolio of more than $2 billion. In 2024, TruStone was named a top-performing U.S. Credit Unions by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group and ranked as a top 1% (10X List) Credit Union by Rising Above Enterprises.