Teamsters Local 1224 Supports Toys for Tots
The Airline Professionals Charitable Foundation, a successful extension of the Airline Professionals Association (APA) Teamsters Local 1224, kicked off the second week of its 2011 annual Fall Charity Drive with a donation of more than 150 Pillow Pets to the Toys for Tots Foundation.
Toys for Tots LCO Cherie Gentry and Sgt Marine Recruiter Christopher R. McCoy arrived with a truck at the Teamsters Local 1224 union office in Wilmington to pick up the donation. As it turns out, there were more Pillow Pets than could be accommodated in a single load. The remaining boxes were delivered to the Toys for Tots distribution center in a subsequent trip by APA Teamsters Local 1224’s office manager. The pillow pets were donated to the Airline Professionals Charitable Foundation by Ed Faath, a founder of Pilots for Kids. Pilots for Kids will also be distributing a number of the stuffed toys during their annual visits to hospitalized children over the Christmas season.
Photo: Sgt Marine Recruiter Christopher McCoy thanks ABX Air Pilot Jeff Parrott of APA Teamsters Local 1224 for the donation of 150 pillow pets to Toys for Tots.
Teamsters Local 1224 has sponsored the Clinton Massie Rockets since the team was formed in 2007.
Teamsters Local 1224 congratulates the Clinton Massie Rockets and the Clinton Massie Indians for their outstanding success during the 2011 baseball season.
The Rockets closed their season last week taking the title of District 34 Knothole Class C-1 North Tournament Runner-Up. The team has a history of success. They finished third in the league in 2010, were league champions in 2009, league champions and tournament runners up in 2008, were the 2007 Cincinnati Knothole Assoc. Division 34 Class D-3 runners up in the league and won the District Tournament in 2007. The Rockets are a great group of boys that are friends both on and off the field. The majority of the team has played together for the past four or five years.
This year APA Teamsters Local 1224 also sponsored the Clinton Massie Indians. The Indians finished the season as league champions. Their league position gave them a bid to play in the City Tournament which will take place mid-July. Good luck Indians!
Clinton County Youth Council
Teamsters Local 1224 President Joe Muckle presented the Clinton County Youth Council (CCYC) with a check for $4,800. The donation came in response to CCYC’s funding issues which were recently brought to light. The union has supported the Clinton County Youth Council for more than five years. In previous years it has not only provided monetary funding, but also has donated a variety of big ticket items. They include the pool tables, pool room carpet, jukebox, skate park ramps and the dolls for the Baby Think it Over program. A staff member volunteered her time to paint the pool room walls and several Teamster organizers constructed the skate park ramps.
Pilots for Kids
A group of Local 1224 pilots visited young patients at Cincinnati Childrens Medical Center in December 2008. The pilots visited three activity centers at the hospital, passing out toys and games.
Community Sponsorship
The Local 1224 has sponsored the Clinton Massie Rockets, a youth baseball team in the Cincinnati Knothole Association, for two consecutive years. In 2008 the team placed tournament runners up.