Options: Donation Drive for CNM

During the month of December, we began collecting items and cash/financial donations for one of our Options Caregivers from our Central New Mexico District. Our Caregiver’s house burnt down in early November and unfortunately, the family did not have renter’s insurance and her and her family lost everything.

Donation Box

We put out a collection box in the front desk lobby of the Denver Corporate Office to collect items for our Caregiver and her family. We indicated that anything would be a grateful gift. They were in need of everything from A-Z, such as clothes, small household appliances, linens, blankets, towels, dishes, silverware, pots and pans, furniture, and anything else you can find in a home.

Financial Donations

Those who opted to make a voluntary monetary donation did so by giving cash donations, checks or gift cards.

Donations Received

As a follow-up to our Donation Drive for this Caregiver, here at the Denver Corporate Office, we were able to collect 6 large bags of clothing, towels, dinnerware, and other household items for our Caregiver and her family. Additionally, we gave a $175 Visa Gift Card, a $25 Target Gift card and a $50 Walmart gift card for them to use for any additional needs.

The CNM location received the $250 worth of gift cards and contacted our Caregiver to meet with her and the family to present them to her.

Additionally, Jorge, our Vice President of HB Management, drove out to NM with his vehicle loaded down with the donation bags and delivered the donations to the CNM district, which were present to our Caregiver as well.

“This was a great opportunity to reach out to one of our own employees in need, especially during the holiday season, and the overwhelming support from our Enterprise team members is a true testimony to one of our Guiding Principles that states ‘it’s all about the people,” stated Michele, Human Resources Director.
Should you be interested in donating items to this family, please contact our CNM District at 1-866-247-6784.

Kleen-Tech’s Good Samaritans

This January, we had two employees exude the behavior we only hope to experience not only across our Enterprise but in our daily lives. Carlos from our Boulder location and Tom from our Fort Collins location were our two good samaritans, one who returned a lost wallet and the other who saved a man’s life.

The Missing Wallet

Carlos was working his shift when he came across a wallet. Following the standards of our company, he did not touch or move the wallet, instead he found a security officer and informed him of the wallet.

The security officer then found the owner of the wallet. Carlos witnessed the owner’s excitement, who thank Carlos personally and stated that Carlos is the kind of person he wants working in their building and informed the building of Carlos’s integrity.

When asked, why Carlos returned the wallet, he said, “my father always taught honesty and to respect people and to always keep my honesty. Carlos was rewarded by the owner of that wallet for his honesty.

The Life Saved

At our Ft. Collins location, our Kleen-Tech employee Tom noticed a gentleman at the entrance of the building, “lying on the ground propped up on a barrier.”

He described the ill-looking man as very thin, like he was starving and his teeth were chattering. “He looked unhealthy due to the cold and had clearly become very, very sick,” Tom said.

Tom tried asking the man questions; however the man was incoherent, shivering in the cold.  Knowing something wasn’t right, Tom immediately pulled the man into the secure lobby for warmth and called 911. Tom rubbed the man’s arms to keep him warm until the ambulance arrived.

After the event, Tom discussed it with coworkers and his supervisors. “To be good workers, we have to be good people and do the right thing, that is step number one.” He continued, we need to “bend the rules to save a life.”

Tom and Carlos went the extra mile. It is because of Tom’s awareness that a man’s life was saved and because of Carlos that a man retrieved his personal belongings.

Our employees make up who we are and how others view our Enterprise. We want to thank Carlos and Tom for their good deeds and hope that others learn to lend a helping hand.

“The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm” ~Unknown.