{"id":237,"date":"2013-01-01T20:32:07","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T20:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theflatironblog.com\/?p=237"},"modified":"2016-07-28T18:52:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T18:52:53","slug":"flatiron-constructions-2012-giving-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/news\/flatiron-constructions-2012-giving-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Flatiron Construction’s 2012 Giving Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

In December,\u00a0Flatiron Construction employees and their families came\u00a0together to support the communities\u00a0where we work and live as part of the\u00a0Annual Giving Campaign. At offices and\u00a0project sites across North America, teams\u00a0raised money, donated food, collected\u00a0toys and volunteered for local charities.<\/p>\n

In Vancouver, the Flatiron holiday party\u00a0was all about giving back. At the event, employees raised C$5,000 through a\u00a0silent auction for Covenant House<\/a>, a\u00a0local charity that provides shelter 22bet casino reviewand\u00a0services to young people. Employees\u00a0also donated 85 toys to the Lower\u00a0Mainland Christmas Bureau<\/a> at the party.<\/p>\n

In Southern California, employees\u00a0raised over $5,000 for the Make-A-Wish\u00a0Foundation<\/a> to help a young boy named\u00a0Cesar fulfill his dream of swimming with\u00a0dolphins. Flatiron matched the donation,\u00a0bringing the total to over $10,000.<\/p>\n

Employees in San Diego teamed up\u00a0with the Ronald McDonald House<\/a>, an\u00a0organization that provides a \u201chome-away-from-home\u201d for families when\u00a0a child is hospitalized far from where\u00a0they live. Over 35 people volunteered\u00a0during the campaign, serving meals\u00a0and installing new beds at the facility.\u00a0Employees also donated hundreds of\u00a0toys for families staying in residence.<\/p>\n

\"Carlos<\/a>

Carlos Gomez, Cameron Reid, Nicholas Cranmer and Kurt Hindman serve food at the Ronald McDonald House in San Diego.<\/p><\/div>\n

In Northern California, 40 employees\u00a0painted and installed new carpet at\u00a0the East Oakland Youth Development\u00a0Center in Oakland, Calif. The EOYDC<\/a>\u00a0provides education 22bet reviewfor youth, young\u00a0adults and families in the area.\u00a0Employees in Benicia also collected\u00a0over 200 toys for the U.S. Marine Corps\u00a0Reserve Toys for Tots<\/a> Program and\u00a0donated more than 650 pounds of food to\u00a0the Food Banks<\/a> of Alameda<\/a>, Contra Costa<\/a>,\u00a0San Francisco<\/a> and Solano<\/a> Counties.<\/p>\n

\"Dan<\/a>

Dan Sherlock and Richard Grabinski help paint and install carpet at the East Oakland Youth Development Center in Oakland, Calif., along with 40 other Flatiron employees.<\/p><\/div>\n

In Colorado, Flatiron once again supported\u00a0OUR Center and Safe Shelter<\/a> during\u00a0this year\u2019s Giving Campaign. Nearly\u00a0$250 worth of various items of warmth\u00a0were donated to the \u201cWarm and Cozy\u201d\u00a0program at OUR Center, an organization\u00a0that helps families get back on their feet\u00a0and sustain self-sufficiency. Employees\u00a0donated over $2,000 directly to the\u00a0program on Colorado Gives Day<\/a>, which\u00a0was matched by Flatiron and increased by\u00a0the FirstBank Incentive Fund<\/a>. Employees\u00a0also chose gift tags from a Christmas\u00a0tree at company headquarters and\u00a0donated more 22Bet casinothan . Employees\u00a0also chose gift tags from a Christmas\u00a0tree at company headquarters and\u00a0donated more ,600 worth of\u00a0gifts for children and moms as part of\u00a0the Safe Shelter holiday gift drive.<\/p>\n

Employees in other Flatiron offices and\u00a0projects also participated in the campaign.\u00a0Employees on the Interstate 405 project\u00a0in Washington state collected about 30\u00a0gifts for Toys for Tots. In Utah, hundreds\u00a0of items including toys, food and clothing\u00a0were donated to the Salvation Army<\/a> and\u00a0Christmas Box House. The North Light\u00a0Rail Extension project crew in Edmonton\u00a0collected food and monetary donations for\u00a0the Edmonton Food Bank.<\/a> In all, the team\u00a0raised approximately C$1,000 in food\u00a0and cash, a big feat for a single project.<\/p>\n

On the Northeast Anthony Henday Drive<\/a>\u00a0project in Edmonton, Flatiron worked\u00a0throughout the year to solicit donations\u00a0from area vendors for a silent auction.\u00a0At the local holiday party, Flatiron\u00a0employees bid on flat-screen TVs, an\u00a0iPad, a Nintendo Wii and other amazing\u00a0auction items, raising about C$6,000 by\u00a0the end of the night. Flatiron matched\u00a0the donations, bringing the 22bet sportsbook reviewtotal to\u00a0C,000, which was donated to the\u00a0Christmas Bureau of Edmonton<\/a>, an\u00a0organization that serves more than 65,000\u00a0people in need each holiday season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a lot of work for everyone involved.\u201d\u00a0said Northeast Anthony Henday project\u00a0communications manager Vanessa Urkow,\u00a0who was one of the people responsible\u00a0for organizing the silent auction. \u201cBut it\u00a0was a great opportunity to give back. I\u00a0like knowing that we\u2019re making a positive\u00a0impact on the local community.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In December,\u00a0Flatiron Construction employees and their families came\u00a0together to support the communities\u00a0where we work and live as part of the\u00a0Annual Giving Campaign. At offices and\u00a0project sites across…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[54,114,115,124,125,136,151,153,168,178,179,181,183,257,262,290,291,352,366,367,421,435,439,440],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-community","tag-annual-giving-campaign","tag-christmas-box-house","tag-christmas-bureau-of-edmonton","tag-colorado","tag-colorado-gives-day","tag-covenant-house","tag-east-oakland-youth-development-center","tag-edmonton-food-bank","tag-eoydc","tag-firstbank-incentive-fund","tag-flatiron","tag-flatiron-construction","tag-flatiron-corporation","tag-lower-mainland-christmas-bureau","tag-make-a-wish-foundation","tag-northeast-anthony-henday-drive","tag-northern-california","tag-ronald-mcdonald-house","tag-salvation-army","tag-san-diego","tag-toys-for-tots","tag-u-s-marine-corps-reserve","tag-v","tag-vancouver"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flatironcorp.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}