Michael McWilliams, Middlesex Federal Loan Officer and Somerville Kiwanis President, places his toy donation into the Middlesex Federal’s Davis Square Toys for Tots collection box.

By Louise Carpenter

Middlesex Federal invites employees, customers, neighbors, and friends to bring a new, unwrapped toy between November 25 and December 13 to any one of its branch locations. For every toy collected at its three locations, Middlesex Federal will donate another toy, up to at least 125 additional toys. This matching program is part of the Bank’s 125th anniversary local giving initiative. All toys will be distributed by the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots program to local children.

Michael McWilliams, Middlesex Federal Loan Officer and Somerville Kiwanis President, will present the toys to the U. S. Marine Corps at the Somerville Kiwanis Club annual Christmas Marines Toys for Tots Tri-meeting event on December 15th. “Although the Toys for Tots is a national program, the U.S. Marine Corps distributes these toys as Christmas gifts to children within our community,” said McWilliams.

Each year Somerville Kiwanis Club invites the Somerville Rotary and Somerville Lions Club members to join them for this event. These three organizations unite for a common cause.