Posts by Marcie Dingle

Early last month, Knowlton R. Atterbeary, KRA Corporation  President & CEO, officially launched the 5th Annual Community Care Day  Campaign (CCDC), a company-wide initiative created in 2009 to celebrate the  joy of giving and sharing good works with neighbors in the communities the firm serves. The Corporate CCDC Program Coordinator, Tiffany Haynes, KRA/Norfolk Lead Instructor–who also organized the extremely successful 2012 Support Our Troops initiative–reported recently on two KRA One-Stop Career Center programs whose 2013  Support Our Local Hospitals initiatives had a very positive impact on their communities, albeit in very different ways. KRA/San Diego One-Stop staff in California sponsored Blue Jean Fridays  to raise funds for a local
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As part of KRA Corporation’s 5th Annual Community Care Day Campaign (CCDC) to support our community neighbors who are hospitalized, or living in assisted-living/nursing-homes, the KRA/San Diego One-Stop* partnered with the Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego to support the Hospital’s mission to make a difference in the life of a critically ill or injured child. To raise $400 for the Hospital, KRA/San Diego created Blue Jeans Friday,  wherein for 12 Fridays, employees could wear jeans to work in exchange for a $5.00 donation.  And, for each donation, the employee received a Blue Jeans Friday Badge that read, “I am wearing jeans today
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As part of KRA Corporation’s 2013 Community Care Day Campaign (CCDC) for staff to support our community neighbors in nursing/assisted-living facilities, or who are hospitalized, KRA/SCWorks Career Centers* employees volunteered at three local nursing homes for their CCDC project.  According to Kenneth McIver, KRA Business Services Agent, and CCDC Site Coordinator, “The Waccamaw Region is made up of three counties in north-east South Carolina: Georgetown, Horry, and Williamsburg.  With the help of KRA team members who live in each county, we selected three nursing homes for our volunteer initiative.  After speaking with each of the homes’ Activity Directors, we reviewed
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On July 8th, it was reported that Knowlton R. Atterbeary, KRA President & CEO, had officially launched the KRA Corporation 2013 Community Care Day Campaign (CCDC), a company-wide initiative created in 2009 to celebrate the joy of giving and sharing good works with customers and neighbors in the communities the firm serves. The 2012 CCDC program, coordinated by Tiffany Haynes, KRA/VIEW Norfolk Lead Instructor, benefitted hundreds of military personnel and their families across the country.  Not only did each project meet their goals and objectives, they surpassed them with flying colors! Each site’s project supported our military, both active and
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Christel Aviles, KRA/Camden Job Coach, reported, “Every 40 seconds, someone suffers from a stroke! As part of KRA Corporation’s 5th Annual Community Care Day Campaign…a 2013 Support Our Local Hospitals initiative…KRA/Camden decided to reach out to a group of individuals who demonstrate exceptional strength and courage on a daily basis: stroke survivors.” Aviles, who served as KRA/Camden’s CCDC Coordinator, continued, “To accomplish our goal, we teamed up with Davida Godett*, Founder of Healthy Thoughts, who knows first-hand the needs of this inspiring group of people…as she herself is a three-time stroke survivor! Shower Me with Love, a Healthy Thoughts service project,
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Earlier this year, it was reported that Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center (Bon Secours), one of KRA/VIEW’s (Virginia Initiative for Employment not Welfare) major work Community Work Experience Volunteer Sites, had hosted a ceremony celebrating the efforts of VIEW participants who had been placed as volunteers at Bon Secours and then were hired by the medical facility!  See https://www.kra.com/company-news/kraview-volunteers-hiredand-honored/ Recently, as part of KRA’s 5th Annual Community Care Day Campaign (CCDC), Support Our Local Hospitals, KRA/VIEW chose Bon Secours as the site for their 2013 initiative and worked with the Volunteer Services Division to arrange for KRA/VIEW staff to visit
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