NASCAR Collaboration and Local Franchise Initiatives Help Toys for Tots Collect, Organize, and Distribute Toys to Children and Families Nationwide

CHARLESTON, S.C., Nov. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — UNITS® Moving and Portable Storage kicked off the holiday giving season with a special collaboration to benefit the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots program ahead of a nationwide campaign. During the Oct. 30 race at Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR driver Timmy Hill took the wheel of the No. 56 Hill Motorsports truck featuring a co-branded Marine Toys for Tots wrap. The collaboration helped bring greater visibility to the holiday campaign among NASCAR fans, encouraging more people to get involved in supporting children and families in need.

“Being able to represent UNITS and Toys for Tots at Martinsville for the past three years has been really special to me. As a driver, you don’t always get the opportunity to represent something bigger than racing, and having Toys for Tots on our truck is a great way to help bring attention to a cause that touches so many families,” said Hill. “Knowing that we can play a small part in helping make the holidays brighter for kids makes it that much more meaningful. I’m proud to be a part of this partnership and thankful to UNITS for making it happen.”

Beyond its NASCAR collaboration, UNITS supports Toys for Tots through its network of locally owned and operated franchise locations, which provide portable storage containers to help local campaigns collect, organize and distribute donations. UNITS franchise locations have historically donated hundreds of containers to Toys for Tots chapters across the country, helping volunteers manage the logistics of seasonal toy drives.

“UNITS’ longstanding partnership helps our Marines and volunteers bring the joy of Christmas to children in need,” said Lieutenant General James B. Laster, U.S. Marines (Retired), President and CEO of the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. “Their storage and moving support during the busy holiday season helps our local campaigns collect and distribute donated toys, giving more parents the opportunity to put gifts under the tree and bringing hope to families across the Nation.”

By providing additional storage capacity, UNITS helps local Toys for Tots campaigns manage high volumes of donations, keep collection operations organized and move gifts efficiently to families before the holidays. That added capacity helps volunteers focus on getting toys into the hands of children who might otherwise go without. This support continues in 2026, with franchise owners contributing resources to help local campaigns reach even more families. Two examples in Minneapolis and Northern Virginia illustrate how UNITS teams work alongside Toys for Tots coordinators and community partners to make the giving season possible.

Local Franchise Owners Help Bring Holiday Giving to Their Communities

Across the country, UNITS franchise owners are working directly with local Toys for Tots campaigns to provide the space and logistical support needed to manage seasonal donations. UNITS Franchising Group salutes Rich Mast of UNITS of Minneapolis for introducing UNITS to Toys for Tots on a national scale. Mast began volunteering five years ago after approaching a local Marine to ask how he could help. Since then, he has become a key logistics partner, donating his time, warehouse space, and portable storage containers.

Mast has provided dozens of containers to support the campaign’s collection and distribution efforts, working with local businesses, schools and veterans’ organizations. He also supports community collection events, including an annual holiday parade that brings law enforcement agencies from across Minnesota together to collect toys. Residents and businesses can find local collection information through the Minneapolis-area Toys for Tots campaign.

In Northern Virginia, Kris Kay of UNITS of Northern Virginia has partnered with Marine Toys for Tots for seven years, helping expand collection opportunities throughout the region. This year, UNITS is providing portable storage containers at 14 collection hub sites spanning from Fredericksburg to Northern Virginia, giving businesses and community members convenient locations to contribute toys. The franchise also coordinates the transportation of collected donations to the Quantico Toys for Tots campaign for distribution to local families and has made part of its facility available to support campaign operations.

Kay works with campaign organizers well ahead of the holiday season to coordinate logistics and connect with additional business partners, including local fire departments. The campaign’s annual December event at the Marine Corps War Memorial brings military personnel and community members together to collect toys. Residents can find local drop-off information through the Quantico-area Toys for Tots campaign.

A Nationwide Commitment to Holiday Giving

These local efforts are part of UNITS’ broader relationship with Marine Toys for Tots. The company continues to encourage its franchise owners to support local campaigns with containers and other resources that help make holiday giving more accessible and efficient. Through its network of locally owned and operated franchises, UNITS remains committed to supporting the communities it serves and helping organizations deliver meaningful assistance to families during the holiday season.

“Toys for Tots has a meaningful impact on children and families in communities across the country, and we’re proud to support its mission,” said Michael McAlhany, CEO of UNITS Franchising Group. “From our NASCAR partnership to the work our franchise owners do locally, we’re able to contribute in practical ways that help campaigns reach more families during the holiday season.”

To find a UNITS Moving and Portable Storage location in your neighborhood, please visit: www.unitsstorage.com. To learn more about Toys for Tots or find a local campaign, visit toysfortots.org.

About UNITS® Moving and Portable Storage

UNITS Moving and Portable Storage provides portable moving and storage solutions for homeowners, businesses, restoration professionals, contractors and customers across the country. Through its network of locally owned and operated franchise locations, UNITS delivers clean, secure and weather resistant portable storage containers directly to customers for moving, storage and business use. With a focus on dependable service, transparent pricing and local ownership, UNITS continues to live its brand promise: Moving and Storage from Neighbors You Trust.

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Tax industry veteran will contribute practitioner and software-industry perspectives to the federal advisory committee

FRANKLIN, N.C., Nov. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Drake Software today announced that Amanda Watson, EA, Onboarding and Retention Manager, has been appointed to the Internal Revenue Service’s Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC).

Established by Congress in 1998, ETAAC provides public input on the development and implementation of the IRS’s electronic tax administration strategy. Its members represent a cross-section of the tax community, including tax professionals, software developers, state tax officials, cybersecurity experts, financial institutions and consumer groups. The committee also makes recommendations related to electronic filing, taxpayer experience, identity theft and refund fraud.

“Being selected to serve on ETAAC is a tremendous honor,” said Watson. “I look forward to contributing the perspectives of tax professionals and sharing insights from my work with Drake customers. This is an important opportunity to help advance secure, efficient electronic tax administration while ensuring the needs of practitioners and taxpayers remain central to the conversation.”

Watson is an Enrolled Agent and tax industry veteran who leads Drake Software’s customer onboarding and retention efforts. She is also an experienced educator and speaker known for making complex tax topics practical and accessible to tax professionals.

Amanda brings deep tax expertise, and a firsthand understanding of the challenges tax professionals face every day,” said Joe Albert, Senior Vice President of Sales at Taxwell. “Her appointment is a well-deserved recognition of her experience, and we are confident her practical insight will help advance ETAAC’s important work.”

Watson will serve a three-year term beginning in September 2026.

For more information about ETAAC and its members, visit IRS.gov.

About Drake Software

Drake Software provides professional tax preparation software and integrated business solutions that help tax professionals prepare returns efficiently, manage their practices and deliver exceptional client service. Through continued innovation across tax, accounting, document management, workflow, payments and client collaboration, Drake delivers technology designed to simplify tax preparation and support firms throughout the year.

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This report is a quantitative and qualitative assessment of the characteristics that explain a vendor’s success in the marketplace

NEW YORK, Nov. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Deloitte has been positioned as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape Worldwide AI-Enabled Adobe Professional Services 2026 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US54114626, October 2026). Deloitte is recognized as a “worldwide services provider that combines a long heritage in business consulting with broad and deep IT services capabilities, and with a strong understanding of its clients’ business on multiple levels.” Deloitte’s Adobe-focused professional services are delivered through Deloitte Digital.

This assessment was produced by “key findings from IDC’s 56 calls with reference clients of Adobe professional services.” This IDC MarketScape evaluation “is based on a comprehensive framework and set of parameters expected to be most conducive to success in providing professional services relating to AI-enabled Adobe professional services in both the short term and the long term.” Deloitte was positioned as a Leader of the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Experience Design Services 2025 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US52973225, October 2025) and the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Experience Build Services 2025 Vendor Assessment (Doc #US52973125, October 2025). 

“We’re honored to be recognized by IDC MarketScape as a Leader in the 2026 Worldwide AI-Enabled Adobe Professional Services Vendor Assessment,” says Kim Frazier, Deloitte Global Chief Commercial Officer, Adobe Alliance. “As technology reshapes customer expectations, our deep knowledge of Adobe solutions and forward deployed models help organizations respond quickly and turn new possibilities into meaningful outcomes. We’ll continue building on the strength of our alliance and the innovation of our teams to help clients realize greater value from their investments.”

“Organizations today are looking for collaborators who can bring together creativity, technology, data, and industry insight to drive meaningful business outcomes,” says Mark Lush, Deloitte Global Consulting Services Customer Offering Portfolio leader and Global Head of Deloitte Digital. “We’re proud of this recognition, which I believe reflects Deloitte Digital’s dedication to helping clients create exceptional customer experiences, accelerate growth, and realize the potential of AI-powered transformation.”

“Adobe and Deloitte have built a strong relationship around a shared focus on customer outcomes,” says Kyle Ellis, Global Vice President & General Manager, Strategic Partnership Program, Adobe. “Deloitte brings a thoughtful, practical approach to complex experience challenges, helping organizations put Adobe’s AI-powered technology to work in ways that strengthen their brands, engage customers, and drive growth.”

According to the IDC MarketScape:

“Based on conversations with Deloitte’s clients, the three main areas where clients commended Deloitte were people quality, value creation, and Adobe-specific thought leadership.”

“Deloitte’s breadth and depth of capabilities, and its ability to mobilize its people quickly on a global scale, are important capabilities for clients.”

“Since 2021, Deloitte has won 10 global Adobe Digital Experience Partner or Customer Experience Orchestration Partner awards, has had 16 of its employees appointed as Adobe Community Advisors, and has been a Diamond sponsor of Adobe Summit every year.”

“Deloitte Digital has a number of intellectual property assets to help its clients drive value from Adobe technology, including:Connected Studio Powered by Adobe: An Accredited Solution combining Adobe’s Creative and Experience Cloud platforms with Deloitte Digital’s technical, operational, and creative expertise, including Workfront, to help clients create more content, faster and for less, in a real-time market.

Deloitte Digital Dual Zone: An Accredited Solution that resolves pre-ingestion data hygiene and identity resolution issues, helping clients build complete, consistent customer profiles and unified data sets from multiple platforms and target market segments from a complete view of customers.

Adobe Xccelerator (AX): An Accredited Solution providing a production-ready platform and a suite of reusable components, templates, features, and integrations that extend Adobe Experience Manager, giving clients faster time to value on Adobe’s digital platforms.

Closed-Loop Marketing Solution: A closed-loop marketing (CLM) Accredited Solution that combines marketing automation and financial management for more cost-efficient marketing (Customers using this solution are able to track more than performance of content based on click-throughs, since this solution tracks actual ROI of content and campaigns).

Investment to Value Map: A tool to help CMOs strategically transform and modernize the marketing function.

ConvergeCONSUMER™: A tool that combines Deloitte’s proprietary consumer data with applied AI and machine learning to help organizations know their customers, predict demand, and personalize experiences.

IndustryAdvantage™: An industry-benchmarking framework Deloitte draws on when building clients’ marketing transformation road maps, including competitive analysis, a marketing capability maturity model, and a multiyear business case and road map.”

For more information about Deloitte Analyst Relations, please visit our Analyst Relations page.

About IDC MarketScape
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of technology suppliers can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective suppliers.

About Deloitte
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Deloitte provides leading professional services to nearly 90% of the Fortune Global 500® and thousands of private companies. Our people deliver measurable and lasting results that help reinforce public trust in capital markets and enable clients to transform and thrive. Building on its 180+-year history, Deloitte spans more than 150 countries and territories. Learn how Deloitte’s nearly 500,000 people worldwide work together every day to make an impact that matters at www.deloitte.com.

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