Collection Agency Merchants & Medical Credit Corp. Makes Donation to Area Charity

Merchants & Medical Credit Corp., a national debt collection company, has announced a $202.50 donation to Old News Boys of Flint, Mich., raised through the company’s annual bad Christmas sweater contest.

“As a Flint-based corporation with a 52-year history, we are delighted to lend our support to this outstanding charity that serves our home region,” said Nancy Beede, Collections Manager at Merchants & Medical Credit Corp. “These are tough times for many in our area, but it’s important to continue to support organizations doing so much good in our Mid-Michigan community.”

Merchants & Medical staff with their "bad" Christmas sweaters

The Old Newsboys of Flint, Inc. was formed when two of Detroit’s Old Newsboy Goodfellows visited Flint’s Buick Body Plant in 1924. Like Detroit, Flint was enjoying an era of prosperity and wealth. However in Flint, like in Detroit, children suffer even in the best of times. With leaders from the factory, the Police Captain, and several business and civic leaders the Old Newsboys hit the streets for their first newspaper sale. That first year, 210 children Across Genesee County found presents under the tree thanks to the organization; to date, more than 765,000 children have received gifts from Santa via the Old Newsboys. Currently, 24,687 children need the help of the Old Newsboys in Genesee County.

Merchants & Medical Credit Corporation is a full service national collection agency based in Flint, Michigan. From a two-collector operation with a paper file system when it was established in 1960, the company has grown into a multi-faceted agency servicing local, state and national clients with a staff of 120 using state-of-the-art technology.