FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, Dec. 12, 2005
Contact: Dave Wellman, Director of Communications (304) 696-7153
 

MU, community collect toys for local organizations during open house

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Marshall University and the Huntington community teamed up Sunday to help make Christmas special for local boys and girls during an open house at the home of MU President and Mrs. Stephen J. Kopp.

Guests at the three-hour event brought unwrapped gifts that will be delivered today to the Boys and Girls Club in Guyandotte and Big Brothers-Big Sisters of the Tri-State. Four large containers overflowed with toys by the end of the open house.

A similar toy collection has been conducted in past years by the Marshall University Alumni Association.

“This year, because our open house and the event proposed by the Alumni Association were planned just a few days apart, we decided to combine them,” President Kopp said. “The response by the community was overwhelming. Marshall University is honored to have joined with this caring community in helping these two outstanding organizations.”

Jane Kopp and Lance West, vice president for alumni development and co-director of the Campaign for National Prominence, will deliver the toys this afternoon. They are expected to visit Big Brothers-Big Sisters at 501 5^th Ave. in Huntington at about 3:10 p.m., and the Boys and Girls Club in Guyandotte at about 3:30 p.m.

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