2013 FM Service Project: All Roads Lead to Home

Last year, Facility & Construction Operations worked through the University Veterans Support Center to provide donations of over 80 “magic blankets” and other in kind items to the Veterans Hospital and Veterans Nursing Home.

This holiday season Facility & Construction Operations will be making “magic blankets” and collecting items for The Road Home and their Community Winter Shelter in Midvale. Your donations will provide comfort for families and individuals to ensure that no one is left out in the cold.

Last year, 6,725 individuals (including 659 families with a total of 1,223 children) were sheltered in their facilities. There is no question that the shelter they provide saves lives. The Road Home is open every day of the year and will shelter anyone in need. They do not turn people away and make room for everyone who needs a safe, warm place to stay.

The Midvale shelter houses up to 80 families at a time, increasing the outreach of the program from 20 to 100 families. This additional space allowed The Road Home to provide services to 336 families in 2012 and it is anticipated the numbers will be even higher in 2013.

Items being collected through December 10, 2013 are new baby bottles & formula, diapers (sizes 3-5), coats & jackets for men, women and children, new underwear, gloves, socks and warm hats. We recognize that these items may be the only presents families receive.

We would like to thank everyone in Facility & Construction Operations for your contributions whether it is through your time or financial donations. Collections will continue through Tuesday, December 10, 2013. We appreciate your continued support and are looking forward to seeing what this group can accomplish this year!

Last year, 6,725 individuals (including 659 families with a total of 1,223 children) were sheltered in their facilities.  See events for additional volunteer opportunities.

Service Project Thank You's

We recently received thank you cards and letters from the Veteran Affairs Hospital and Rest Home.

Thanks to all of our wonderful staff who participated in our staff funded service project.  

2012 Service Project continues...

Our service torch continues blazing a trail through

Facility & Construction Operations.   

We have reached the half-way mark of this years service project and we hope to keep going strong.  We appreciate everyone who has given up their lunch to come quilting. 

The service project wraps up Friday, December 7th.

Who knew playing with fire could be so fun and rewarding?  Keep up the great work! Your service will certainly warm the hearts of our veterans in need!

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2012 Facility & Construction Operations Service Project

It's that time of year again, our annual service project.  This year we are partnering with the Univeristy Veterans Services Department and our quilting and donations will be going to the Veterans Hospital and the Veterans Nursing Home

Quilting is scheduled during the lunch hour.  Donation jars and bins are available with your division secretaries and various shop locations.  We would like to see all of the divisions within Facility & Construction Operations particiate in this project.  See your division secretary if your area hasn't signed up for a quilting day yet.

This year in keeping with our Olympic theme we will be passing the service torch from shop to shop as they participate.

The service torch is blazing a trail through our shops! Where will it end up next?

We appreciate all of the support and participation we have received on this project, without it this would not be possible.

Pop Tabs

 We would like to thank the many employees of Plant Operations who have participated in the Pop Tabs for Kids collections.  Plant Operations has been collecting pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House since February 2011. 

All of the departments in Plant Operations have been collecting pop tabs and contributing to this ongoing service project.  We would like to recognize a few extraordinary contributions. 

Dennis Bouck from the Paint Shop has brought in 3 gallon freezer bags filled with pop tabs! 

The HVAC shop has collected a big box of tabs, contributing almost as much as all the other shops combined.

This program is an easy way for people of ages to support the Ronald McDonald House and know that they area making a difference to families and children.  For more information on the project visit
http://rmhc.org/how-you-can-help/pop-tab-collections/. 

Thanks for all of your support and remembering to pull pop tabs for charity, and after you take off the tab, remember to recycle the rest of the can!