Charitable donations, volunteer efforts and project fundraisers have long been part and parcel of the professional pest management industry. Not only is it simply the right thing to do, to help those in need, but it also gives pest control companies more name recognition in their communities, and builds their reputations as businesses to patronize (and better yet, work for). What follow are just a few of the many programs we’ve learned about in recent months going on around the country. We hope they inspire you to do something similar in your neck of the woods. And if you have participated in a charitable program recently, or will do so soon, we want to know about it: Please drop us a line at pmpeditor@northcoastmedia.net.
Managing Partner Andrew Longfellow presenting a $10,000 check to Feeding Tampa Bay. IMAGE: NATURZONE
Sarasota, Fla.-based NaturZone Pest Control is now an annual giving partner to Feeding Tampa Bay, for which 98 cents of every dollar donated goes to helping those in need. At left, NaturZone Managing Partner Andrew Longfellow presents a $10,000 check to Feeding Tampa Bay Development Officer Jason Prado. Read more: NaturZone starts 2021 with promotions, giving back
PHOTO: MASSEY SERVICES
Orlando, Fla.-based Massey Services’ Richardson, Texas, service center team bought holiday gifts for The Samaritan Inn, which supports individuals and families experiencing homelessness.
Carolyn and Kevin Kirkland. PHOTO: NISUS CORP.
Kevin Kirkland, president and CEO of Rockford, Tenn.-based Nisus Corp., and his wife, Carolyn, were recently named co-presidents of the East Tennessee JDRF board. Based in New York, N.Y., JDRF is considered to be the leading global organization funding research for type 1 diabetes (T1D, formerly known as juvenile diabetes). The Kirklands are actively involved with JDRF because their son Ethan lives with the disease. Read more: Nisus CEO, wife to lead foundation for type 1 diabetes research
From left, Amy Kneller, Ariana Mattice-Lybrand, Bill Clark, Sarah Thomas-Clark and Kristen Cargill get ready to cut a ribbon and celebrate Thomas Pest Services’ 10 years of success in business. PHOTO: THOMAS PEST SERVICES
From left, Amy Kneller, Ariana Mattice-Lybrand, Bill Clark, Sarah Thomas-Clark and Kristen Cargill cut a ribbon and celebrate Thomas Pest Services’ 10 years of success in business. The Schenectady, N.Y.-based firm marked its milestone by donating $10 of each new service to Toys for Tots from Dec. 1-31. The firm also encouraged customers to donate new, unwrapped toys, which could be dropped off directly at the Thomas offices, or given to any technician at time of service. Read more: Thomas Pest Services marks milestone with charity project
Andrea Hancock, VP of Mattress Safe, and Nicole Smith, project manager for Stockings with Care. PHOTO: DAVID HANCOCK
Over the holidays, P.E.S.T. Relief International partnered with Mattress Safe and a local roofing business for Stockings with Care, a program that provided Christmas stockings and presents for the women and children of Family Haven, a Cumming, Ga.-based non-profit domestic violence advocate resource. Mattress Safe also donated encasements to protect the 34 new mattresses at Family Haven’s shelter facility, which recently recovered from a bed bug infestation. Pictured from left are P.E.S.T. Relief International Founder Andrea Hancock, who is also VP of Mattress Safe, and Mattress Safe’s Nicole Smith, manager of the Stockings with Care program. Read more: P.E.S.T. Relief International, Mattress Safe partner to support Georgia nonprofit
About the Author
Heather Gooch is the editor-in-chief for PMP magazine. She can be reached at hgooch@northcoastmedia.net or 330-321-9754.
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