With a theme of “Change your world. Help. Give. Volunteer.”, Metro Center’s October 2007 United Way campaign was a huge success!
The campaign launched with a pizza lunch and a cup-stacking competition that pitted teams of four against one another. Over the next week, employees were spotted using their lunch breaks to polish their stacking skills before the final competition at the close-out event the following Friday.
However, the focus of that week was not competing with one another. Instead, it was working with each other to reach out to the community. More than 180 man-hours was donated through the week to various United Way agencies including Mur-Ci Homes, Inc., Youth Villages, Park Avenue Elementary School, and the Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. Employees painted walls, spread mulch, removed fallen trees, washed passenger vans, labeled and sorted books, prepared groceries and helped however else they could during their time at the different locations.
Employees also put their money where their mouths were. At last count, approximately 80 percent of Metro Center employees made a donation or signed up to contribute directly from their paychecks. Many employees from NMTN and Aviation also participated in the campaign.
At the end of the week, employees were issued tickets based on their participation during the week. The tickets were used to enter drawings for various prizes including Titans football tickets, symphony tickets, gift cards, gas cards and restaurant gift certificates.
Rogers Group and the Rechter family are longstanding supporters of United Way. According to CEO Jerry Geraghty, “United Way is the force behind organizing and mobilizing people and organizations throughout our communities to improve lives and change the community conditions affecting our most vulnerable citizens. Together, with volunteers and agency partners, they assess the community’s most critical needs, invest funding where it will do the most good and monitor those funded programs to assure measurable results.”
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VP Steve Masie reads to a student at Park Avenue Elementary School.
HR Director Kye Hudson, Engineering Director Mike Wick and Analysis Manager Stephanie Adcock wash a passenger van at Mur-Ci Homes, Inc.
(From left) Customer Relations Rep. Lakisha Holt, Executive Assistant Diane Lawbaugh, VP Darin Matson and CEO Jerry Geraghty prepare packages for Second Harvest Food Bank.
No one realized Ag Ops' Robert Dupuy was that tall!
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