Dailycsr.com – 01 September 2021 – Can you think of an experience wherein the plan of doing something mundane and routine yielded greater good?
 
Well, this is what happened during an office cleanout.
 
The Public Service Enterprise Group, in short PSEG, reported that it all began with a simple “office cleanout” but as unexpected as it was, eventually the drive turned into donating over three thousand binders to local schools where they would prove helpful.
 
It is very well known the various impact the ongoing global pandemic has brought in various forms ranging from financial hardship to meagre resources. At a time like this, the above mentioned donation can be of help to the children in their education. While, “the Resource Recovery Specialist”, Kelsey DuBois shared a similar view. As PSEG quoted DuBois saying:
“COVID has hit a lot of families hard – especially financially - which has made it difficult for parents to acquire necessary school supplies for their children. This donation will help the children of Newark get some necessary school supplies they need."
 
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Dailycsr.com – 16 April 2020 – COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the global economy while governments, non-profits and corporate bodies alike collaborating to address the situation by extending help where needed.
 
Duke Energy as well as Piedmont Natural Gas are extending their help in several ways to their employees, customers and the communities wherein they serve. As a result, the company has waived off late “late payment fees, fees for returned payments, and fees for credit and debit card payments” from March 21^st. This will be in effect till the country observes “national state of emergency”.
 
Moreover, the company donates “$1.3 million” towards human services, hunger relief programmes and healthcare which will be used across the “seven states it serves”. The President of Duke Energy Foundation, Shawn Heath stated that the company wanted to support the areas which were most hit by the crisis whereby “providing meals to children who are out of school and people who are out of work”.
 
Harvest Hope Food Bank serves within twenty counties in the “Upstate, Midlands and Pee Dee regions” which is using the “$100,000” overall donation made by Duke Energy in the South Carolina region. According to the C.E.O of Duke Energy, Wendy Broderick the above mentioned donation will play a crucial role in meeting an “unprecedented need”. In Broderick’s words:
“It’s hard to wrap your head around how big the impact is. We’re working together so well to support one another, but this isn’t going to let up.”
 
Along with the growing need, the pandemic has reduced the number of volunteers offering their help and the amount of donations coming in for the purpose. Since groceries are selling out, they have “less inventories to donate” while unsure individuals are stocking up grocery items and regular volunteer, most being retired people staying at home as per the warnings of “Centers for Disease Controls”.
 
However, informed Broderick, Harvest Hope managed to meet the volunteers’ requirement who worked in “two-hour curbside shifts”. And she said:
“I continue to be optimistic and we are unbelievably grateful.”
 
Nevertheless, given the growing demand with each passing day while the future remains uncertain, Broderick is also feeling nervous. As for now, she is focusing on keeping the volunteers and staff healthy. She added:
“I stood back looking at the lines of volunteers, and everyone works so well together for a common cause. They’re tired, but they’re motivated and dedicated to helping other people. This is what we exist to do.”
 
For further information, kindly click on the link given below:
https://www.dukeenergyupdates.com/
 
 
 
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Dailycsr.com – 04 March 2020 – While flying the charter plane of FedEx, Cheryl and Peter found their life partners in each other as they experienced love blossoming.
 
Both the pilots are now married while their love story began in 1999, when Peter and Cheryl, now aged fifty-five and fifty-two respectively, were posted as the “first officer for FedEx” back then.
 
They completed their training together when their love story started to take shape. However, both of them prioritised their career as they “managed their busy international flight schedules” for over ten long years and finally decided to get married in 2011. The Pitzers embarked on their conjugal journey on a new note as they began to “help people around the world regain sight” with the help of their skills as pilots.
 
Likewise, both of them give their voluntary service as pilots for Orbis, the latter being a non-profit which converts airplanes into “mobile teaching hospitals” besides taking ophthalmology and eye-care across the globe, reports the website of Orbis.
For more information, kindly visit the link provided below:
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/story/couple-met-plane-now-flies-lifesaving-missions-68960067
 
 
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