TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mortgage Contracting Services LLC (MCS), a nationwide provider of property preservation, inspections and REO property maintenance to the financial services industry, announced today its support of Carry the Load. The initiative started last year to highlight the meaning of Memorial Day by ultimately driving attention and resources to existing nonprofits already supporting veteran and active duty members of the military, law enforcement, firefighters and their families.
In 2012, Carry the Load will host a 27-day, 1,700-mile relay from West Point, N.Y. to Dallas for participants to literally carry whatever item(s) – sentimental belongings or tokens of American patriotism – along the route to honor the load that service men and women, and surviving families, carry for this country. U.S. Naval Academy graduate, veteran, former SEAL and Carry the Load co-founder Clint Bruce explained, “Together, we can honor those who make sacrifices to serve our country and communities, and instill in our children patriotism and an appreciation for the freedoms we enjoy today as Americans. Having companies like MCS support our endeavors only extends the success we can expect in heightening awareness and monetary support of this cause.”
MCS began internal fundraising in December, raising more than $10,000 in the first few weeks alone, and has launched a second effort to raise employee donations during April. The company will match all employee contributions.
Carry the Load will also host a flagship event in Dallas on Memorial Day. The 20-hour, 12-minute walk will benefit four local Dallas charities: Heroes on the Water, Assist the Officer Foundation, Tip of the Spear and Friends of Dallas Firefighting. MCS has organized a team to walk that day and, with the help of the company, Carry the Load will have its first satellite event (mirroring Dallas’ Memorial Day walk) in Tampa this year with the hope to expand annually.
Caroline Reaves, Mortgage Contracting Services CEO, said, “Our company has a strong presence of veterans, reserve and family of soldiers as well as other service men and women. We are in the business of protecting and preserving the livelihood of American communities, and they are protecting our people. Getting behind this organization, and essentially the identified beneficiaries of each Carry the Load event, is a natural progression of that commitment.”
MCS and Carry the Load encourage anyone to get involved, either along the relay path or through financial support. Visit the donation page to donate to the event, support the MCS team or add your own.
About Mortgage Contracting Services LLC
For more than 25 years, Mortgage Contracting Services LLC has protected and preserved communities all across the nation. The company is trusted by some of the largest mortgage servicers in the industry to perform property inspections, property preservation and REO property maintenance services in the U.S. and its outlying territories. MCS maintains its own nationwide network of insured field service vendors to improve workflow processes, mitigate risk and minimize costs on its clients’ behalf. MCS has built its reputation on maintaining the highest standards of both customer satisfaction and compliance with regulatory requirements. For more information, please visit www.mcs360.com.