COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 25, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Columbus-based Thirty-One Gifts make its fifth appearance on the TODAY Show December 2, donating its one millionth product during the 20th Annual TODAY Show Holiday Toy and Gift Drive through its philanthropic initiative, Thirty-One Gives.
During the 10:00 (EST) hour of the show during the TODAY Kathie Lee and Hoda segment, Thirty-One's Founder, President and CEO Cindy Monroe will appear with Emily Oliver-Jones, a Thirty-One senior executive director from New Washington, Indiana, to announce the donation.
The gifts will be delivered to the charities nationwide by many of Thirty-One's 115,000 sales consultant leaders during the holidays.
Thirty-One this year is donating more than 250,000 products valued at more than $9 million. The products will go to 90 charitable organizations across the U.S. With this donation, the total value of the one million products donated over five years is $24 million.
Thirty-One Gifts is headquartered in Columbus and is one of the leading direct-selling companies in the U.S. They offer purses and totes, home organization solutions and more. They will be donating a variety of their products to the toy drive.
Thirty-One appears on the show through a partnership with the Direct Selling Association, and represents the direct selling industry with their donation. Partnering with the TODAY Show Toy Drive through the Direct Selling Association has become a holiday tradition for Thirty-One Gives.
"We are delighted and feel so blessed to be able to participate in the show," said Monroe. "Our charitable mission, through Thirty-One Gives, is to assist organizations that support girls, women and families, and to pay back the many blessings we have received as a company. The TODAY Show makes it easy for us to enable our many sales consultants across to country to be involved with the donation too by selecting local charities where they can deliver the products."
Thirty-One Gifts, through Thirty-One Gives, has donated more than $36 million in cash and products since the philanthropic initiative was founded in February 2012. This holiday season they also are participating in Giving Tuesday, December 2, by working with World Vision to provide 3,100 Hope Kit totes filled with personal hygiene items for a woman or girl in need in the U. S. on behalf of the first 3,100 donors to World Vision that day.
About Thirty-One Gifts
Thirty-One Gifts is the 10th-largest direct-selling company in the U.S., offering products for everyone's lifestyle, from stylish and functional purses and totes to home organization solutions and much more, most of which can be personalized. Thirty-One Gifts recently was named the fastest-growing woman-owned company in the world, and the 17th largest direct-selling organization in the world. Products are sold by independent sales consultants who sell at home parties. There are more than 115,000 sales consultants throughout the U.S. and in Ontario, Canada. The company was named for Proverbs 31, a chapter of the Bible that celebrates hard-working women who are compassionate, gracious and inspiring to their families and the people around them. The distinctive functional and fashionable products and independent business opportunity offer a unique solution to women's need to earn extra income while working independently.
About Thirty-One Gives
Thirty-One's philanthropic initiative, Thirty-One Gives, was founded in 2012 to pay back the many blessings received by the company and is dedicated to supporting three key pillars – girls, women and families. Thirty-One Gives believes strong, confident girls will grow up to become strong, compassionate women, who will be the driving force behind strong, healthy families and communities. Since 2012, Thirty-One has donated more than $36 million in product and cash to nonprofit organizations who share their mission. Their national mission partner in support of girls is Girl Talk™ and their national mission partner in support of families is Ronald McDonald House Charities®. For more information, visit www.thirtyonegives.org.