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About MLGW : IN THE COMMUNITY : VOLUNTEERISM
MLGW encourages, supports and acknowledges the participation of its employees in voluntary activities in the community, civic and charitable organizations. Working together, MLGW employees donate over $1 million annually in goods and services and continue to strive to make a positive impact in the Memphis and Shelby County communities.
MLGW VIP (Volunteers In Power) Employee Newsletter - Fall/Winter 2009 edition | Spring 2010 edition
MLGW's Project Max Program
Conceived in 1984, Project MAX just marked 25 years of service to the community. The program helps more than 120 customers in need each year. Through MLGW's Project MAX program, MLGW employees and other volunteers weatherize homes and build wheelchair ramps for elderly and low-income customers in Memphis.
More than 150 MLGW volunteers participate in Project MAX each year, and MLGW departments often use Project MAX volunteer efforts for team-building.
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United Way Day of Caring
MLGW employees are consistently in the top six for per capita donations to United Way of the Mid-South. One hundred percent of all MLGW contributions come from employee donations. By working together, Division employees are always eager to give back to the communities they serve. Their devotion to United Way is the force that drives employees to increase their pledges each year.
Photos below show MLGW volunteers working to fix up Knowledge Quest, the Center for Independent Living and the Harwood Center at the United Way Day of Caring. Click on the photos to enlarge.
America's Walk for Diabetes
Each year, MLGW employees proudly participate in "America's Walk for Diabetes".
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Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency's Fishing Rodeo
Each year, hundreds of Shelby County children and parents enjoy a day of family fun at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency's Fishing Rodeo in Germantown,TN. MLGW is a sponsor of the event and employee volunteers are a big part of the fishing rodeo's success.
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American Cancer Society's Making Strides for Breast Cancer
MLGW employees are annual volunteers in American Cancer Society's events.
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Special Olympics
MLGW is an annual sponsor of the Special Olympics Sportsfest each spring at Rhodes College.
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American Heart Association Heartwalk
Approximately 100 MLGW employees don red shirts once a month for a mile-and-a-half walk down Main Street to City Hall and back to get ready for MLGW’s annual Heart Walk campaign in October. Walkers have included MLGW President and CEO Jerry Collins, the Memphis Grizzlies Lady Bears, Grizz the mascot, Fox 13 reporter Scott Madaus, local Heart Association Vice President of Field Operations Russ Ellis, City Councilwoman Janis Fullilove and Channel 3’s Markova Reed. Approximately 40 MLGW employees take a simultaneous walk at MLGW’s Netters Business Center and North Service Center. In October, MLGW walkers will participate in the American Heart Association Heart Walk.
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Lifeblood
MLGW is the leading corporate blood donor among organizations in the surrounding states of Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri.
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Food Bank
MLGW's employees participate in The Food Bank's "Operation Feed the Need" campaign yearly. The donations were especially important in the wake of the need for food after the July 2003 windstorm. MLGW received Volunteer Memphis' 2003 "Corporate Project of the Year" award for its efforts.
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Community Conservation Days
If you were out on "Ten-Ten-Zero-Eight" (October 10, 2008), you would have seen MLGW employees, volunteers and staff in the community at area Exxons and MLGW Community Offices for the premiere Community Conservation Day.
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Volunteer Spotlight
One of MLGW's own truly defines the meaning of volunteering and giving back to those in need. Natalie Yates, one of our volunteers spotlighted in 2009, walks for a cause everyday, campaigning for the Kidney Foundation Walk and encouraging those around her to help by raising funds to benefit for the foundation to support others who need it the most.
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Junior Achievement Bowl-A-Thon
Each year, MLGW employees comprise several teams that participate in the Junior Achievement Bowl-A-Thon. The Junior Achievement is a non-profit organization that serves as a bridge between education and business by teaching schoolchildren about economics, workforce issues and career choices.
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