About A Big Heart Foundation
A Big Heart Foundation, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization founded in 2010 as a way for BURKE to give back to the Charlotte community. With funds raised through our annual Toys for Tots Golf Tournament, we have donated over $283k to various charitable causes.
About the Toys for Tots Golf Tournament
The T4T Golf Tournament is the second largest contributor to the Marine Corp Toys for Tots program in the state of North Carolina. Sponsors supporting the event include a variety of business leaders and decision-makers among prominent companies in the Charlotte area. Last year’s Annual T4T golf event collected over $35,000 worth of toys for hundreds of children in the Charlotte area during the Holiday Season. We are looking forward to raising even more money this year!
Please join A Big Heart Foundation, Inc. on September 23, 2019 for the 12th Annual Toys for Tots Golf Tournament! Learn more about this year’s event.
US Marine Corps
US Marine Corps
The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation is a not for profit organization authorized by the U.S. Marine Corps and the Department of Defense to provide fundraising and other necessary support for the annual Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. To date, the Marines have distributed 548 million toys and 251 million children nationwide. The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation relies on individual donations from the American public as well as support from corporate sponsors.
Toys for Tots provides joy and a message of hope to America’s less fortunate children through the gift of a new toy during the Christmas holiday season. Our gifts offer these children hope, recognition and a positive memory they will cherish for a lifetime. Many of the gifts we provide, such as books, games and sports equipment, make a significant contribution to the educational, social and recreational development of these children.
How old is Toys for Tots?
71 years old. Toys for Tots began in 1947.
What toy started it all?
Diane Hendricks, Bill’s wife, first crafted a homemade doll and asked Bill to deliver the doll to an organization, which would give it to an underprivileged child at Christmas. When Bill determined that no agency existed, Diane told Bill that he should start one. He did. The 1947 pilot project was so successful that the Marine Corps adopted Toys for Tots in 1948 and expanded it into a nationwide campaign.
What’s the goal of Toys for Tots?
The initial objective that remains the hallmark of the program today is to “bring the joy of Christmas to America’s children in need”.
Title Sponsor
T4T Title Sponsor
This year’s Annual T4T Golf Tournament Title Sponsor: First National Bank
F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE:FNB), headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a diversified financial services company which provides quality personal service to individuals and businesses.
Operating in six states, FNB holds a significant retail deposit market share in attractive metropolitan markets including: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; Cleveland, Ohio; and Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham and the Piedmont Triad (Winston-Salem, Greensboro and High Point) in North Carolina. The Company has total assets of approximately $33 billion, and approximately 400 banking offices throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina.
As of March 11, 2017, F.N.B. Corporation successfully completed its merger with Raleigh, North Carolina-based Yadkin Financial Corporation (Yadkin Bank), a longtime supporter of the Toys for Tots Golf Tournament.
FNB provides a full range of commercial banking, consumer banking and wealth management solutions through its subsidiary network which is led by its largest affiliate, First National Bank of Pennsylvania, founded in 1864.
From financial support to employee volunteerism, FNB is actively engaged with the projects, organizations and decisions that shape the regions where we do business. We empower local leadership, so you can be sure FNB is aware of the issues facing your community and is focused on making an impact where it matters most.
Presenting Sponsor
T4T Presenting Sponsor
Golf Volunteers
Golf Volunteers
Thank you to the 2018 T4T Golf Volunteers! Without your time and commitment, this event would not be possible. We appreciate your dedication in supporting the 11th Annual T4T Golf Tournament!
Volunteers
- Stuart Fligel
Fligel Image Apparel - Jen Burns
PNC Bank - Dawn Walker
Arby’s - Sherry Stone
Toys & Co. - SSgt Braden Cooper
United States Marines - United States Marines
- Ali Banuelos
BURKE - Jack Burke
BURKE - Cara Cooper
BURKE - Ben Gelnett
BURKE - Rick Guile
BURKE - Tristan Harris
BURKE - Becky Hudson
BURKE - Zach Johnson
BURKE - Lindsey McBride
BURKE - David Naspinski
BURKE - Sophie Michilena Oliver
BURKE - Ashley Paris
BURKE - Juliet Rollins
BURKE - Brooke Sanderson
A Big Heart Foundation/BURKE - Colleen Taylor
BURKE - Kyle Toscano
BURKE
Foundations Supported
Foundations Supported by A Big Heart Foundation
Toy Shopping & Delivery
Toy Shopping & Delivery
A Big Heart Shops for Toys for Tots
One of our favorite aspects of the Toys for Tots Golf Tournament is to go shopping for the children’s toys after the event. In late November, A Big Heart Foundation partnered with the U.S. Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 451 and Toys & Co. in the Cotswold Village Shopping Center to bring the joy of Christmas to needy children living right here in Mecklenburg County.
That night in November, A Big Heart Foundation hosted children currently living at Hope Haven, Inc. for the fourth year in a row. This year the nineteen children ranged in age from 7 months to 12 years old. Parents were given a $200 gift card for each child to spend on their Christmas gifts. Meanwhile, each child was given a $30 gift card of their own to spend on something to take home that night. Each child was so excited to shop for the toys they were taking home that night that it was easy for the parents to keep their Christmas presents a surprise!
While the children and parents from Hope Haven were shopping, T4T Tournament organizers purchased more toys for the Marines to load up and take back to their warehouse to be delivered to families in our area who have applied for assistance this Christmas season.
Tournament organizers picked out some of their favorite toys to donate. From bulldozers to baby dolls, the group had a selection of classic toys and cutting-edge educational toys to pick from. Toys & Co. made the cheer spread farther by graciously providing a significant discount for every toy purchased that night.
After playing with the kids from Hope Haven, helping pick out the toys and loading them up, the Marines left with the truck packed FULL of toys. All of the toys were distributed by the Marine Corps Toys for Tots Foundation to needy children in the Charlotte area.
Marines Deliver Toys to Tots
Since the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program began in 1947, Marines have distributed more than 548 million toys to more than 251 million needy children.
The Marine Toys for Tots Program collected and distributed 18 million toys to 7 million less fortunate children in this past year allowing them to experience the joy of Christmas and receive a message of hope that otherwise would not have been there. This community action program took place in over 800 communities covering all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.