Southern California RE/MAX Realtor Gillian Bartley Collecting Toys for Military Kids

RE/MAX Gold Coast Realtor Gillian Bartley is hosting a premium holiday toy drive now to November 15. The community can drop off toys ($10-$25 range) at Gillian’s office located at 5720 Ralston St., Suite 100, Ventura, CA 93003. All toys collected will benefit military families through Operation Homefront.

“Military families deserve to receive exceptional service and care from us, the civilians and communities they are protecting and serving. Any way we can show we appreciate them matters. It’s important to give back and to teach our children to give back,” said Bartley.

Operation Homefront is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit whose mission is to build strong, stable, and secure military families so they can thrive — not simply struggle to get by — in the communities they have worked so hard to protect. Operation Homefront has consistently earned high ratings from leading charity rating services, including Charity Navigator’s 4-Star rating for 11 consecutive years for superior service and accountability, and the Platinum level Transparency Seal from GuideStar.

Donated toys from Bartley’s drive are distributed to military children at Ventura-based military installations. Families will receive stocking stuffers from Operation Homefront’s various partnerships. The donations collected at Bartley’s place of business will be very meaningful gifts for the military families and their children during the holiday season.

“Don’t forget that the children’s ages range from 0 to 18, so we are looking for toys and gift cards that can fit a wide range of ages and gender,” noted Bartley. “Some ideas would be sports stuff, such as balls (basketballs, soccer) art, bead and drawing kits, puzzles for a wide variety of ages and gift cards for the older children from places like Ulta, Sephora, Itunes, Starbucks, and Barnes and Noble.”

Operation Homefront has met all of the BBB’s business standards. Ninety-two percent of its expenditures go directly to programs that support tens of thousands of military families each year. Operation Homefront provides critical financial assistance, transitional and permanent housing and family support services throughout the year to prevent short-term needs from turning into chronic, long-term struggles.

To donate directly to Operation Homefront, please visit https://www.operationhomefront.org/donate.

In addition to Operation Homefront, Bartley and RE/MAX Gold Coast are proud supporters of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. They recently hosted a blood drive for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and collected 30 units of blood. She also recently created the Most Referred Realtor (MRR) Link to better serve her clients. The MRR-Link liaison concierge service is complementary to all MRR clients. This is a feature that anyone in the area can use.

About Gillian Bartley, RE/MAX Gold Coast Escrow

Gillian Bartley was named to the RE/MAX Gold Coast Executive Club in 2012 and 100% Club in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017. She is known as the “Most Referred Realtor” in her community, and has helped customers buy or sell properties in Ventura since 2006. For more information, please call (805) 338-4095, or visit www.mostreferredrealtor.com.

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