Austin, TX – At the Greater TEXAS Federal Credit Union’s (GTFCU) Meet Santa event children wrote letters to Santa, which were taken to an local Macy’s department store to help raise funds for the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
Macy’s placed a letter box at each of their stores across the country to collect letters to Santa for their “A Million Reasons to Believe” campaign. For every letter addressed to Santa at the North Pole, Macy’s will donate $1 to the Make-a-Wish Foundation up to $1 million dollars.
2012 marks the 5th year of Macy's Believe campaign benefiting Make-A-Wish®. Based on the New York Sun's famous "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" editorial, the Macy's Believe campaign invites believers of all ages to get involved.
GTFCU was able to contribute 139 letters, resulting in $139 donated to Make-a-Wish, from their Meet Santa event, held at the Airport Branch location on December 15, 2012. Those letters to Santa were taken by Branch Manager Jennifer Everett to Macy’s.