Goodyear, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Team up to Host 9th Annual Toys for Tots Events

AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Goodyear Blimps and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve will conduct their ninth joint maneuver in December benefiting the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. Public toy collection events will be hosted at the company's airship bases in Florida and Ohio. A California-based blimp crew will join Toys for Tots volunteer efforts in Los Angeles County in lieu of hosting an event.

Additionally, people can bring donations to select Goodyear Auto Service Centers (GAS) and Just Tires stores near the three blimp bases between Dec. 1-Dec. 15 and be entered into a drawing to win a blimp ride. A list of participating GAS and Just Tires locations and collection dates can be found below.

On Dec. 6, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., Florida visitors can drive through the Pompano Beach blimp hangar and get an up-close and personal view of the blimp and drop off their donation to a U.S. Marine representing Toys for Tots. The event is free and open to the public. New toys in the original packaging or cash donations are encouraged to support the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program, but not required.

"All of us at Goodyear are pleased to provide this annual opportunity for visitors to get unique access to the Goodyear Blimp," said Laura Duda, senior vice president, Global Communications. "Leveraging both our world-famous airships and our retail stores to help the U.S. Marines provide joy to children in need is a perfect fit with our dedication to the community and the spirit of the holiday season."

Since 2010, Goodyear and Toys for Tots have collectively delivered more than 130,000 toys and nearly $350,000.

"We are very pleased to welcome Goodyear as a National Corporate Sponsor of the 2019 Marine Toys for Tots Campaign," said retired Marine Colonel Ted Silvester, vice president of the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. "Their community service goals certainly align with those the Marine Corps has promoted for over 71 years through our Toys for Tots Program. With their generous support we will be able to fulfill the Christmas holiday dreams of thousands of less fortunate children who otherwise might be forgotten."

Goodyear first nicknamed one of its blimps the "Santa Claus Express" in 1927 to spread holiday cheer across the skies of America. The company has a long history of community involvement and volunteerism within its corporate social responsibility platform, Goodyear Better Future.

Founded in 1948, it is the mission of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December and distribute these toys as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.

The Goodyear airship base is located at 1500 NE 5th Ave, Pompano Beach, FL 33060.

The California base will not host a public event but will instead be volunteering with the Los Angeles County U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots - Pico Rivera campaign to collect and sort toys prior to the distribution within the community.

All details are available online at www.goodyearblimp.com, by visiting the Goodyear Blimp Facebook page or by calling (800) 344-9859.

Goodyear Auto Service Centers and Just Tires participating in the toy collection are:

        Store      
     Street Address          
     City            
     ST 
     Postal Code 
      Store Phone

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        Goodyear
         Auto
         Service
         Center    
     6850 Frank Ave NW       
     North Canton    
     OH 
     44720-7010  
      (330) 966-1274

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        Goodyear
         Auto
         Service
         Center    
     3265 W Market St #600   
     Fairlawn        
     OH 
     44333-3345  
      (330) 867-2300

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        Goodyear
         Auto
         Service
         Center    
     90 Graham Rd            
     Cuyahoga Falls  
     OH 
     44223-1205  
      (330) 923-0656

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        Goodyear
         Auto
         Service
         Center    
     4455 Kent Rd            
     Stow            
     OH 
     44224-4332  
      (330) 678-0600

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        Goodyear
         Auto
         Service
         Center    
     1800 Buchholzer Blvd    
     Akron           
     OH 
     44310-1807  
      (330) 633-7000

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        Goodyear
         Auto
         Service
         Center    
     3453 S Arlington Rd     
     Akron           
     OH 
     44312-5219  
      (330) 896-8633

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        Goodyear
         Auto
         Service
         Center    
     145 Great Oaks Trl      
     Wadsworth       
     OH 
     44281-8712  
      (330) 335-2533

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        Goodyear
         Auto
         Service
         Center    
     11 N Andrews Ave        
     Fort Lauderdale 
     FL 
     33301-1013  
      (954) 463-0411

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        Goodyear
         Auto
         Service
         Center    
     2825 Hollywood Blvd     
     Hollywood       
     FL 
     33020-4226  
      (954) 923-6521

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        Goodyear
         Auto
         Service
         Center    
     8301 Pines Blvd         
     Pembroke Pines  
     FL 
     33024-6607  
      (954) 435-1383

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        Just Tires 
     744 E Dominguez St      
     Carson          
     CA         90746  
      (310) 538-5407

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        Just Tires 
     420 Foothill            
     La Canada       
     CA         91011  
      (818) 790-8200

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        Just Tires 
     600 W. Valley Blvd      
     Alhambra        
     CA         91801  
      (626) 289-5041

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        Just Tires 
     3765 Foothill Blvd      
     La Crescenta    
     CA         91214  
      (818) 248-4716

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        Just Tires 
     4708 Lankershim Blvd    
     N Hollywood     
     CA         91602  
      (818) 766-4371

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        Just Tires 
     3136 Sepulveda Blvd     
     Torrance        
     CA         90505  
      (310) 326-3431

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        Just Tires 
     800 N Highland Ave      
     Hollywood       
     CA         90038  
      (323) 469-3529

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        Just Tires 
     707 Truman St           
     San Fernando    
     CA         91340  
      (818) 361-7129

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        Just Tires 
     18101 Saticoy St        
     Reseda          
     CA         91335  
      (818) 342-3121

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        Just Tires 
     2480 East Foothill Blvd 
     Pasadena        
     CA         91107  
      (626) 568-9124

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        Just Tires 
     8425 Beverly Blvd       
     LOS ANGELES     
     CA         90048  
      (323) 651-3757

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        Just Tires 
     8100 Van Nuys Blvd      
     Panorama City   
     CA         91402  
      (818) 786-1520

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        Just Tires 
     5547 S Sepulveda Blvd   
     Culver City     
     CA         90230  
      (310) 391-6281

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        Just Tires 
     1925 S Atlantic         
     Monterey Park   
     CA         91754  
      (323) 264-2180

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        Just Tires 
     14210 Ventura Blvd      
     Sherman Oaks    
     CA         91423  
      (818) 990-6900

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        Just Tires 
     423 South Central       
     Glendale        
     CA         91204  
      (818) 241-2108

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        Just Tires 
     801 Lincoln Blvd        
     Venice          
     CA         90291  
      (310) 399-9111

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        Just Tires 
     9210 S Sepulveda Blvd   
     LOS ANGELES     
     CA         90045  
      (310) 215-3372

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        Just Tires 
     10146 Artesia Blvd      
     Bellflower      
     CA         90706  
      (562) 925-7447

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        Just Tires 
     6162 S Atlantic Blvd    
     Maywood         
     CA         90270  
      (323) 560-0727

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About Goodyear
Since 1917, Goodyear (NASDAQ: GT) has built more than 300 lighter-than-air vehicles for public relations and defense applications, many built at the Suffield, Ohio Wingfoot Lake facility.

Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 64,000 people and manufactures its products in 47 facilities in 21 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate.

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