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A Company That Cares
The Main Street America Group continues to increase our visibility in the community by being named one of 30 “Companies That Care” by Jacksonville Magazine for the second consecutive year. The publication annually features profiles of communityminded businesses and recognizes them for their philanthropic efforts.
Through the New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority, we donated $200,000 to the Keene Family YMCA capital campaign, as well as $100,000 to the historic Park Theater in Jaffrey, N.H. Also in 2009, our NGM Charitable Foundation, which makes corporate donations and matches employee donations, provided more than $150,000 to non-profit organizations throughout our communities.
United way Through both employee contributions and a company match through our Foundation, we donated more than $106,000 to support local United Way agencies in Auburn, Mass.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; Jacksonville, Fla.; Keene, N.H.; New York City; Richmond, Va.; and Syracuse, N.Y. hol iday toy driVe Our annual companywide holiday toy drive put smiles on the faces of needy children by collecting nearly 350 toys for Toys for Tots, a non-profit organization run by the U.S. Marine Corps.
ThanksgiVing food driVe Through our annual companywide Thanksgiving food drive, Main Street America employees once again stepped up to the plate by generously donating more than 1 ton of non-perishable goods to food banks in our communities.
Keene PuMPkin festiVal During the 19th Annual Keene Pumpkin Festival, more than 50 of our Keene employees helped area children apply pumpkin temporary tattoos and construct lollipop ghosts at our harvest-themed pumpkin patch booth.
Unf business ManageMent Career Center Main Street America continued to support the University of North Florida’s (UNF) Coggin College of Business Career Management Center via its five-year endowment. The Center provides training and resources to aid students in their employment preparation and job searches.
LoCal sChool inVolVeMent Main Street America, in conjunction with UNF’s College of Education, helped support Pine Estates Elementary School and Woodland Acres Elementary School.
Our commitment to the two Duval County, Fla., public schools included several Main Street America employees and their family members volunteering to tutor students in the classroom. A school supply drive was also held for Pine Estates, resulting in the donation of nine large boxes stuffed with much-needed supplies.
Vsa arts festiVal Several Jacksonville-based employees and their family members volunteered for the 14th annual VSA (Very Special Arts) Arts Festival at the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens. The volunteers worked hands-on with approximately 2,400 Duval County public school children with disabilities to create unique and beautiful works of art.
Eddy sCholarshiP fund We awarded the $5,000 Jeanne and William Eddy Memorial Scholarship to Merrimack College junior Nadia Kolb.
The scholarship for the North Andover, Mass., university is funded by the NGM Charitable Foundation and was established in honor of Jeanne, a former Main Street America senior executive, and her husband Bill. The Eddys, who were both graduates of Merrimack, passed away together in a tragic plane accident in Alaska in June 2007.
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