The Continental Group Employees in Jacksonville Deliver Holiday Joy to Children all over the World

Dec. 12, 2011 - PRLog -- The Continental Group (TCG), a FirstService Residential Management company, partnered with local charity Samaritan’s Purse, to provide Christmas gifts to the world’s needy children during this holiday season.

The Jacksonville regional TCG office contributed to Samaritan’s Purse “Operation Christmas Child,” an annual event that reaches out to children worldwide who live in extreme poverty.  Employees and their families donated 41 boxes filled with toys, school supplies, hygiene products and other gifts useful to the organization.

“It is a pleasure for us to participate in this year’s gift drive donation. Our employees and their families’ efforts provided children with gifts that will bring about a smile for the holidays,” said Mark Stoops, TCG Regional President, North Florida.

Each holiday charitable effort is part of Continental Cares, TCG’s year-round corporate philanthropic outreach program dedicated to enhancing the lives of the neighbors, residents, and communities it serves. The primary focus of Continental Cares is to reach out to nonprofit organizations and entities that meet the Continental Cares mission.

“The essence of the season is making sure that every child can enjoy the holidays and I encourage all corporations to help make this possible in their local communities,” stated Tim O’Keefe, TCG’s CEO, who is the guiding force behind the year-round and holiday initiatives taking place throughout its statewide regional offices.

About The Continental Group, Inc.
Founded in 1990, The Continental Group’s corporate headquarters is located in Hollywood, FL. It also has regional offices in Boca Raton, Miami, West Palm Beach, Wellington, Vero Beach, Orlando, Tampa/St. Petersburg, Jacksonville and Destin. The company is the largest condominium and homeowner associations’ manager in the state, and one of South Florida’s leading private sector employers.  

Today, The Continental Group manages and maintains 1,500 Associations and more than 310,000 residential units. As the leading community association management company in Florida, Continental pioneered many of the practices widely utilized throughout the industry today.  

The Continental Group is a subsidiary of FirstService Residential Management (FSR). FSR is the largest manager of residential communities in North America, overseeing more than 5,600 properties and over 1.3 million residential units.  FSR is a subsidiary of FirstService Corporation (NASDAQ- FSRV, TSX: FSV), a global leader in the rapidly growing real estate services sector, providing a variety of services in commercial real estate, residential property management and property services. More information about FirstService is available at www.firstservice.com.

To learn more about The Continental Group, call (954) 925-8200, toll-free: (800) 215-2316 or visit www.tcgmgt.com.    

About Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child
Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational, Evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to needy people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet the needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. For over 40 years, Samaritan's Purse has done its utmost to follow Christ's command by coming to the aid of the world's poor, sick, and suffering. We are an effective means of reaching people in pain from countries around the world with food, medicine, and other assistance in the Name of Jesus Christ. To learn more about Samaritan’s Purse visit http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php.