BrassRing Joins Forces With U.S. Marine Corps and Human Resources Consultants Association for Toy Drive and Silent Auction at December Career Event.Business Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 27, 2001 Proceeds to Benefit the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay Toys for Tots Toys For Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which donates toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. The program was founded in 1947 by Major Bill Hendricks. Campaign BrassRing Inc., the leading provider of Talent Relationship Management (TRM) systems and innovative eRecruiting services, today announced that it has joined forces with the U.S. Marine Corps and the Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. Consultants Association (HRCA HRCA Honda Riders Club of America HRCA Human Rights Council of Australia Inc. HRCA High Resolution Coverage Area ) for a toy drive and silent auction at its December Santa Clara Career Event. The career event and 5th annual fundraiser, which benefits the San Francisco Bay Area Toys for Tots campaign, will be held at the Santa Clara Convention Center on Dec. 3-4, 2001. Job seekers are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy along with their resume to the event. Attendees who bring gifts receive a free raffle ticket for a chance to win a 7-day SunTrips trip for two to Kauai, Hawaii. Members of the U.S. Marine Corp will be on-site collecting toys in designated locations. In addition, BrassRing will host a silent auction for exhibitors, clients, vendors and employees during the evening exhibitor reception on December 3rd. One of the evening's highlights will be a live auction for a variety of unique prizes, including a Siebel Open tennis tournament package, a soccer ball autographed by soccer star Brandi Chastain Brandi Denise Chastain (born July 21, 1968) is a former soccer player, who was on the U.S. women's national soccer team from 1991 to 2004 and the San Jose CyberRays of the WUSA (2001-2003). , a night on the town with three Marines in uniform and other donated items. All proceeds go directly to Toys for Tots and are tax-deductible. Last year, the event raised more than $20,000, making it among the largest Toys for Tots campaigns in Northern California. "As the producer of the largest high-tech career event in the Silicon Valley, BrassRing is in a unique position to help the Toys for Tots campaign, and we encourage job seekers to bring toys to our event," said Courtney von Metzger, Western General Manager of BrassRing Sourcing, a division of BrassRing Inc. "We are pleased to be working again with the U.S. Marine Corps and the HRCA to help make the holiday season a little brighter for Bay Area children." BrassRing is currently seeking donations for the silent auction. For more information on how you can donate to the campaign, please contact Cathy Mickelson at 408/970-8800 or at cmickelson@brassring.com. For more information on the December 3rd and 4th BrassRing Career Event, visit http://www.brassring.com. About Toys For Tots Toys for Tots started in 1947 in Los Angeles under the direction of Marine Corps Reserve Major Bill Hendricks. Recognizing a need, Hendricks and a handful of Marine Corps Reservists collected 5,000 toys that Christmas. Since then, the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program has distributed over 243 million toys to 121 million children throughout the nation, making the program one of the nation's flagship Christmas charitable endeavors. For more information about the Bay Area's Toys for Tots Campaign, go to http://www.sfbatoys4tots.com. About BrassRing BrassRing Inc. is the leader in eRecruiting and Talent Relationship Management (TRM) innovation. Founded in 1999, the company serves as the trusted partner of more than 5,000 companies, which rely upon BrassRing's TRM systems and candidate sourcing technology and services for their talent management needs. BrassRing Inc. is owned by The Washington Post Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :WPO WPO Women Presidents' Organization (New York, NY) WPO World Packaging Organization WPO World Powerlifting Organization WPO Werkplek Onderzoek (Netherlands) ), Tribune Company (NYSE:TRB TRB Transportation Research Board TRB Technical Review Board TRB Teacher Registration Board TRB Test Review Board TRB Total Relationship Balance TRB Tap-Rack-Bang (shooting procedure) TRB Theodore Roosevelt Building ), Gannett Co., Inc (NYSE:GCI GCI Ground Circuit Interrupter GCI Getty Conservation Institute GCI Global Commerce Initiative GCI Green Cross International (non-profit international environmental organization) GCI Growth Competitiveness Index GCI Great Cities Institute ), Accel Partners, and its employees. For additional information, visit www.brassring.com. Note to Editors: BrassRing Systems, BrassRing Career Events and BrassRing Exchanges are trademarks of BrassRing Inc. |
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