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The Direct Selling Association will be on hand this week to help the Today Show kick off their annual Toy Drive. The 15th Annual TODAY Show Holiday Toy Drive will be launched Monday November 24th at 8:30 AM. This will be the fifth year that the DSA has been a part of the annual drive.

The DSA will kick off the drive by presenting the direct selling industry’s donation live in Rockefeller Plaza. Thirty two direct selling companies have come together to donate products to the drive, the total donation coming in at over $9 million dollars in products. Seven of the DSA’s companies will be featured in spots on the TODAY show during the holiday season.

Items donated include books, clothing, toiletries and of course toys for children and families all across the United States. Over the past five years, DSA member companies have donated over $37 million dollars in cash, product and services to the Toy Drive.

This is a a brilliant move on the part of the DSA and the member companies that are a part of this. Given the economic times, network marketing companies are going to continue to thrive as more and more people seek additional forms of income.

The following direct selling companies donated products to this year’s Toy Drive:
4Life
Advocare
Amway
Arbonne
Avon Products, Inc
Blessings Unlimited
Butterfly Worldwide, LLC
Clever Container
Cookie Lee
Creative Memories
CUTCO
DeMarle at Home
DeTech
Essential Bodywear
Fifth Avenue Collection
The Happy Gardener
lia sophia
The Longaberger Company
Mary Kay Inc
National Companies
Nature’s Sunshine
Oxyfresh
The Pampered Chef
PartyLite Gifts
Purse Party, Inc
Shaklee Corporation
Signature HomeStyles
Southern Living at Home
The Southwestern Company
Stampin’ Up!
UDesign Jewelry
Vantel Pearls

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OxyFresh has a brand new herbal supplement, Dental Health CoQ10, that will not only provide excellent oral health, but also supports heart health and overall wellness. OxyFresh believes that this new product supports the connection between good oral health and overall health.

The OxyFresh’s Dental Health CoQ10 Complex is a chewable herbal supplement that includes various antioxidants and herbs. The primary component of the supplement is Grape Seed Extract. OxyFresh says that Grape Seed Extract is over 20 times more powerful than both Vitamin E and Vitamin C.

CoQ10 has been specially designed to combat gum and mouth disease while protecting teeth and fighting plaque and tarter buildup. It has been documented in the past that poor dental and oral health can be a leading cause of various other problems including heart disease.

Grape Seed Extract has been shown to fight against free radical damage than can lead to free radical damage and cause various problems including cancer and heart disease.

While it seems that the supplement would have a grape flavor due to the extract, they are in fact refreshingly citrusy. The supplements are available now on the OxyFresh site and through independent distributors.

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MLMRankings.com has just posted the latest monthly update on top gainers as far as popularity among MLM and Home Based Business Opportunities. MLMRankings updates the list every month. Here at OpTree, we haven’t updated you in a while, so here is the current lists of both top gainers in the industry.

Current list of top gainers-

Tahitian Noni International - 28.22% Gain
Discovery Toys - 25.93% Gain
Jafra Cosmetics International - 25.61% Gain
Zija International - 22.78% Gain
BEAUTICONTROL - 21.83% Gain
Oxyfresh Worldwide - 21.02% Gain
XanGo (OpTree Profile) - 20.60% Gain
Shaperite Concepts - 20.00% Gain
Elysee Cosmetics - 20.00% Gain
Natural Air Products - 20.00% Gain

MLMRankings also provides list of Top MLM companies and has tools to compare companies against each other. While the site doesn’t give any specific info on each company, it could be a useful tool in determining the popularity of a company you might be interested in.

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Oxyfresh, the all natural oral health care company, is team up with Operation Smile to help children all over the world who suffer from facial deformities.

Operation Smile, was founded in 1982 and has been providing free surgery to patients with cleft lips, cleft palates, facial tumors and burns all over the world. Oxyfresh will now donate a portion of sales from their lemon-mint Breath Spray to the charity.

15% of each lemon-mint Breath Spray sold by Oxyfresh will go to the organization. “With united values, Oxyfresh is proud to support the invaluable service Operation Smile provides,” said Oxyfresh President Richard Brooke.

In addition to donating proceeds from the breath spray, Oxyfresh is also making an additional donation to the Kenya Operation Smile Mission which is scheduled for July 19th-26th. 40 to 45 volunteers will travel to Kenya to provide surgery for local children. Oxyfresh will donate the Oxyfresh Travel Kit to all of the volunteers and will donate toothpaste to all of the children receiving surgery.

Since Operation Smile was founded, they have helped over 115,000 children and young adults in over 25 countries worldwide. Just last year, they treated nearly 10,000 children.

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