PUT A SMILE ON A CHILD'S FACE THIS HOLIDAY

Osceola Garage and

Toys for Tots Foundation

Delivering Happiness to Children

This Holiday Season
    

Please help them by donating an unwrapped toy stop down starting November 25th at Osceola Garage and drop off your kind donation. 

U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

Toys for Tots Program
 

MISSION:

 

The mission of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.

GOAL:

The primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver, through a new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens.

OBJECTIVE:

The objectives of Toys for Tots are to help less fortunate children throughout the United States experience the joy of Christmas; to play an active role in the development of one of our nation’s most valuable resources – our children; to unite all members of local communities in a common cause for three months each year during the annual toy collection and distribution campaign; and to contribute to better communities in the future.

ACTIVITIES:

The principal Toys for Tots activity which takes place each year is the collection and distribution of toys in the communities in which a Marine Corps Reserve Unit is located.  In communities without a Reserve Unit, the campaign can be conducted by a Marine Corps League Detachment or group of men and women, generally veteran Marines, authorized by Marine Toys for Tots Foundation to conduct a local Toys for Tots campaign.  Local Toys for Tots Campaign Coordinators conduct an array of activities throughout the year, which include golf tournaments, foot races, bicycle races and other voluntary events designed to increase interest in Toys for Tots, and concurrently generate toys and monetary donations.

Donate Your Vehicle Today!

Cars for Tots will take any vehicle, anywhere in America, running or not. This is an alternative to the hassle of selling or trading-in yourself, and you get a tax deduction and a big thanks from us.   

To donate:  call 877-999-8322 or for details Go to Toys for Tots Vehicle Donation Program.
 

     

Female Car Buyers Embrace Domestic Automakers, Porsche

Female car buyers are making up a larger customer base for some of the top domestic auto brands, but none approach the gains that Porsche has made with women this year, according to an analysis by Edmunds.com, the online resource for automotive information. 

The analysis found that of all automakers, Porsche has made the largest relative market share gains among women nationwide over the past year. From January through August 2011, 23 percent of Porsche buyers were female, compared to 19 percent during the same period last year. The growth accounts for a 21.1 percent proportional change, year over year.

Edmunds.com's analysis found that eight of the ten car brands with the fastest growing female market shares were domestic automakers. Among those domestic brands, Buick has made the largest market share gains among women, increasing the proportion by 8.6 percent year over year.

Trailing just behind Buick were Dodge (+7.4%) and Chevrolet (+6.5%). Luxury Japanese make Infiniti (+6.1%) was next, at +6.1%, followed by GMC (+3.8%), Ford (+3.2%), Lincoln (+2.9%), Jeep (+2.8%) and Chrysler (+2.7%).

Overall, 39 percent of all new cars have been registered by women in the U.S. this year, essentially flat compared to last year. While women accounted for 23% of total Porsche buyers so far this year, their shares of the other nine brands on the list were: Buick, 38%; Dodge, 29%; Chevrolet, 33%; Infiniti, 35%; GMC, 27%; Ford, 32%; Lincoln, 36%; Jeep, 37%; and Chrysler, 38%.

"One thing that these ten brands have in common is that their shares of female buyers all fall below the industry average of 39 percent," notes Edmunds.com Senior Analyst Jessica Caldwell. "It's smart for these brands to develop new and refreshed products that have a stronger appeal with women so that they don't miss out on an important part of the market."

Foreign makes dominated the list of the largest decreases in female market share. Mini has seen its market share of females shift from 48 percent in the first eight months of 2010 to 46 percent during the same period in 2011, for a proportional change of -4.2 percent. Fellow European competitors Audi (-2.9%), Volvo (-2.3%) and Volkswagen (-2.3%) are next on the list, followed by Korean automotive giant Hyundai (-2.3%).

To perform this study, Edmunds.com analysts examined new car registration data provided by Polk for the periods January 2010-August 2010 and January 2011-August 2011. Only brands selling a minimum of 1,500 vehicles to females nationwide during each time period were considered for the analysis.