Appletree Supports Local Communities across America

Project Angel Tree works with churches and community groups to make sure children who have a parent who is incarcerated get Christmas gifts from that parent. An employee in the Cincinnati, OH office is volunteering with Project Angel Tree in an attempt to make sure that the children do not suffer due to their parents situation.

Sunday Breakfast Mission, a shelter and soup kitchen in Wilmington, DE, reached out to the community in need of funding and food for their pantries. Employees in the Wilmington, DE office came to their aid by collecting 3 containers of boxed food and canned goods.

Project Aware is an environmental protection organization dedicated to preserving waterways. Employees in the St. Louis office participated in a cleanup at a local spring fed quarry that was polluted by people who have dumped their vehicles and trash over the years.

As a company wide service project, employees donated food and cleaning items to families in Houma, LA in the wake of Hurricane Gustav. The first of three shipments arrived in Houma on September 10th.

Back to School: An Appletree employee from the Wilmington, DE office served on the American Association of University Women Scholarship Committee. After reading many applications, twenty-seven winners were selected to share the $60,000 in funds provided by the Trustees of the Scholarship and Memorial Fund. The AAUW funds for this fall will help women engineers, nurses, actresses, musicians, law students, doctors, and many educators. For more information visit www.aauwwilmington.org.

The American Cancer Society Hope Lodge is a non-profit organization that was founded in Charleston, SC in 1970. Now with locations throughout the country, Hope Lodge provides temporary housing for cancer patients and their caregivers seeking treatments at facilities over 40 miles from home. Employees in Appletree's Pensacola office donate money and needed items every month to the Hope Lodge located in Birmingham, Alabama.

Fair Shares, www.fairshares.org, is a St. Louis based Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) group. Two shares each week are donated to charity, either group homes or needy families. Appletree employees spent 6 hours divvying products for distribution to these charities and distributing food at pickup sites.

It's a long ongoing battle against the floodwaters of the Mississippi River. With several days of rain recently hitting the Missouri area very hard, employees in Appletree's St. Louis office were on the scene. They spent a total of 9 hours over a 3-day period sandbagging where the levies broke in Winfield, MO.

Eight employees in Appletree’s Portland office volunteered their time and services at the Wayside Soup Kitchen in Portland, ME.