Providing Space for Toys for Tots Donations

Off Thomas Johnson Drive is a building brimming with toys for children in the Frederick community. The Ausherman Properties team gave Toys for Tots the space for the season to collect and house its Christmas donations. This year, Toys for Tots had $24,000 in funds to spend on gifts for more than 2,100 children in Frederick.

The assortment of gifts ranges from bicycles, dolls, racecars, robots, and many more. All these donations are packaged and delivered to nonprofits in Frederick that will then give them to their clients. The Orenda Wellness Center, as reported by the Frederick News Post, has gifts piled in their conference room to distribute to clients.

Congratulations to the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves for sponsoring this tremendous effort, the active-duty Marines coordinators and local volunteers who help make Christmas magical for so many children.

In the News

“Stocking stuffers: Frederick County Toys for Tots campaign prepares for holiday gift distribution” by Angela Roberts

Volunteer Tristan Powell, 8, looks at a toy at the Frederick County Toys for Tots warehouse on Thomas Johnson Drive.

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Marvin Ezra Ausherman, a native of Frederick County, received his bachelor’s degree in architecture from Miami University of Ohio in 1974.

Marvin then joined his father in the family’s residential home building business. He eventually took the reins of the company until it was sold to Drees Homes in 2003. Marvin had a successful career as a second-generation residential home builder/developer, completing 30 communities and 5,000 homes over 40 years. For the past 15 years, Marvin has been a commercial developer/investor and devotes much of his time to the family’s philanthropic endeavors. He created the Ausherman Family Trust in 2000 and the Ausherman Family Foundation in 2006.

Marvin has and always will be involved in many Frederick County organizations and projects for the betterment of the Frederick community. He has served on the County’s Affordable Housing Council as chair and on the Boards of the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce, the Community Foundation of Frederick County, YMCA of Frederick County, Federated Charities, Habitat for Humanity of Frederick County, Frederick Health, Frederick Community College, and others. He is the founder of BlueRidge Bank, a local Frederick County community bank, and also a member and Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club of Frederick.