Commitment to Community

Passports success has been a result of one-on-one relationships with our motorists and our employees. With this in mind, we highly encourage employees (especially MINI Motoring Advisors and Service Consultants) to belong to clubs, organizations, and networking groups. In addition, we donate both time and money to worthy community requests to thank the community for their continued support and to make our community a better place to work and live.

Passport donates to many local charitable organizations that support housing and job placement for the homeless, shelter families of unfortunate circumstances, after school programs for disadvantaged youth, college scholarship programs for outstanding yet underprivileged local high school students, pastoral care at local hospitals, emergency food, supplies, housing for disaster relief like Katrina, plus many other similar programs.

In addition, Passport is involved with many high-end fundraising opportunities that extend our reach in to communities throughout the Washington, DC area, through sponsorships of golf tournaments, black tie fundraisers and community "fun" days.

Our Commitment to Community and sponsorships include:

• Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
• Fashions Night Out
• Light the Night, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
• Woodlawn Plantation Historic Restoration Fund
• Power Moves, National Heritage Foundation
• Focus on the Family
• The ALS Foundation
• Paralyzed Veterans Association
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes
• INOVA Hospital Fund
• Good Shepherd Housing
• The Campagna Center
• Various public and private schools

Passport MINI is, again, a Toys for Tots drop off location

Toys for Tots began in 1947 when Major Bill Hendricks, USMCR and a group of Marine Reservists in Los Angeles collected and distributed 5,000 toys to needy children. The idea came from Bill's wife, Diane.

In the fall of 1947, Diane handcrafted a Raggedy Ann doll and asked Bill to deliver the doll to an organization, which would give it to a needy child at Christmas. When Bill determined that no agency existed, Diane told Bill that he should start one. He did.

The 1947 campaign was so successful that the Marine Corps adopted Toys for Tots in 1948 and expanded it into a nationwide campaign. That year, Marine Corps Reserve units across the nation conducted Toys for Tots campaigns in each community in which a Marine Reserve Center was located. Marines have conducted successful nationwide campaigns at Christmas each year since 1948.

Over the 56 years of the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program, Marines have distributed more than 313 million toys to 151 million children. This charitable endeavor has made the U.S. Marines the unchallenged leaders in looking after needy children at Christmas. Over its 13 year life, the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation has supplemented the collections of local campaigns with more than 47.3 million toys valued at $243 million, plus has provided promotion and support materials valued at $2.5 million.

Please join Passport MINI in supporting this worthy charity.