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Marion County Volunteer of the Year Award

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:30:38 +0000

(Excerpt from March of Dimes press release November 19, 2009)

The Marion County Volunteer of the Year Award was presented to Frank DeLuca. DeLuca has been a staple of strength and stability in this community for decades, and exhibits the same virtues toward March of Dimes. As the 2009 March of Babies chair, his team raised over $20,000 for healthy babies. Frank DeLuca has always gone above and beyond the call of duty by making phone calls, writing letters and recruiting new teams to generate new funds and spread the mission of March of Dimes. Even though these are tough economic times, Frank DeLuca’s motivation and headship has helped the March of Dimes raise $414,000.

March for Babies raised $400,000

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:19:02 +0000

Beautiful spring weather and a new location proved a success for the annual March for Babies walk that took place last weekend in Ocala.

“In these tight economic times we were very pleased with the amount we raised,” said Gloria James, community director of the March of Dimes’ Marion County satellite office. “Everything went very well.”

She credits the walk’s success to this year’s honorary chairman Frank DeLuca and the great teamwork among many fundraising teams.”Mr. DeLuca did a fantastic job of rallying the local business leaders and keeping our mission in view of the community,” she said. “Teams were great about sharing ideas of what worked well and didn’t work well. It was great to see everyone working together for a good cause.”

The annual event, which drew about 4,000 walkers to the Baseline Road Trailhead Park, raised approximately $400,000 for the March of Dimes.

(Reproduced from the Ocala Star Banner link)

March of Dimes 2009 Honorary Chair

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:17:06 +0000

The March of Dimes has been blessed with Frank’s generosity through the annual “In Honor of Excellence” Award. This is the first year DeLuca Toyota is participating in March for Babies. DeLuca Toyota has set a goal of $30,000 — $1,000 for each year of business!

“The residents of Ocala and Marion County have always had a heart for giving to others. This has been demonstrated year after year through March for Babies, formerly WalkAmerica. We all know this is an economically challenging time, but the fight to prevent premature birth and infant mortality must continue. Please join me for March for Babies as we raise dollars to improve the health of ALL babies.”

Source: March of Dimes April 2009 Newsletter