Direct Selling Companies Are Getting into the Holiday Spirit

The annual Today Show Toy Drive officially kicked off last week, as Jill Wedding of Mary Kay, Inc announced that the company is donating $7 million worth of cosmetics, skin care, and toys to the cause. Mary Kay is the toy drive’s largest donor, donating a total of $32 million over their 8 years of participation.

Mary Kay was not alone in it's giving. Cindy Monroe, founder & CEO of Thirty-One Gifts, also announced that Thirty-One Gifts would be donating $5.4 million worth of backpacks, purses, and blankets by Thirty-One Gifts. Cindy and her children appeared on the Today Show last week to make this announcement. 

 

 

A total of 21 Direct Selling Companies within the Direct Selling Association have made donations to this year's Today Show Holiday Toy and Gift Drive.  Throughout the years, Direct Selling Companies have donated over $100 million to this worthy cause.

 

According to the DSA Website, the following direct selling companies donated products to this year’s Toy Drive:

• 4Life (www.4life.com)
• Amway (ww.amway.com)
• Arbonne (www.arbonne.com)
• Avon (www.avon.com)
• Blessings Unlimited (www.myblessingsunlimited.net)
• CUTCO (www.cutco.com)
• DeTech (www.detech.com)
• Essential Bodywear (www.essentialbodywear.com)
• Initials, Inc. (www.initials-inc.com)
• lia sophia (www.liasophia.com)
• Mary Kay Inc. (www.marykay.com)
• PartyLite (www.partylite.com)
• Pink Papaya (www.pinkpapayaparties.com)
• SeneGence (www.senegence.com)
• Shaklee (www.shaklee.com)
• Signature HomeStyles (www.signaturehomestyles.com)
• Southwestern Advantage (www.southwestern.com)
• Stampin’ Up! (www.stampinup.com)
• Team National (www.bign.com)
• Thirty-One Gifts (www.thirtyonegifts.com)
• Vantel Pearls (www.vantelpearls.com)

 

The TODAY Show Toy Drive is a project of the Today Show Charitable Foundation, Inc., a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.