Toni Vanschoyck, Monat team set sights on funding community center in impoverished Ecuador community

CHARLESTON, S.C. - June 28, 2019 - PRLog -- After following the journey of some of her Monat directors as they spent a few days in Ecuador with Compassion International, entrepreneur Toni Vanschoyck is having her team dedicate the month of July to raising money for a community center in an impoverished neighborhood there.

Members of her team spearheaded the effort to raise money for the center, and in a live video on her Facebook page, Vanschoyck said their efforts "gave me such a warm feeling that we can do more."

She explained in a comment that Compassion International partners with the local church to "do incredible things not only for the children, but the families and community." A local woman who also lives in extreme poverty donated the land for the community center "because she knows the value this will bring to her community. I was blown away by this because she could have sold it."

So Vanschoyck and her team are aiming to raise $87,000 by the end of July to fund the community center.

At the Monat retreat from which the video was recorded, Vanschoyck presented the group spearheading the effort with $10,000.  And she hopes her fellow Monat representatives as well as others outside of the hair care product company will get involved to help raise the rest.

"This is not just a team effort, not just a Monat family effort. That one drop of water makes a huge ripple effect," she said in her live video. "It doesn't matter where we are in the world, we can all better wherever we are."

The team is raising the money in two ways. Tax-deductible donations can be made directly to the fund at this link: https://aware3.net/give/appeal/kDqQ2mb. In addition, T-shirts reading "Gratitude Awakens Compassion" can be purchased through the end of July, with $15 of the shirt price donated to the project. They can be ordered athttps://strawberryrevolution.com/products/gratitude-awake....

Vanschoyck, known for her dedication to giving back and paying it forward through the public speaking and author platform she and her husband Jay Treloar have developed and their own nonprofit, Low Country Love, believes with everyone's help, the money will be raised. But in her video, she says, "Jay and I were super inspired. ... If we don't cover it (with fundraising), Jay and I are going to make sure that it gets funded."

The team is planning another trip back to Ecuador in June 2020 and also hopes to help support children in the neighborhood through sponsorship after the center is built.

For more information about the trip to Ecuador and the fundraising efforts, watch the highlights on Vanschoyck's Instagram @thetonivans.

MORE ABOUT TONI VANSCHOYCK
A self-proclaimed "personal accountability professional," Toni Vanschoyck was raised in Detroit and currently resides in Charleston, S.C., with her children and husband Jay Treloar.

Vanschoyck joined Monat Global in 2014 as its first market partner when it was a start-up network marketing organization. She was the first in the organization to hit the million-dollar club and has since gone on to join the $4 million and $5 million clubs. Today, she and Treloar cultivate multiple revenue streams, which have amassed them a seven-figure income.

Along with the couple's combined motivational speaking engagements, they earned a spot on Network Marketing Pro's Million Dollar Hall of Fame list in December 2018 and started a nonprofit organization, Low Country Love, to help individuals who have experienced tragedy, focusing mainly on domestic violence and trafficking in Charleston.

Vanschoyck published her book, "Effing Simple," which offers practical business advice that anyone could follow, in March.

For more information on Vanschoyck, visit tonivans.com. Find her on Instagram and Twitter @thetonivans and on Facebook under Toni Vanschoyck.