Posts by Marcie Dingle

For the past 2+ months, KRA has been celebrating 2012 Community Care Day, a company-wide initiative that celebrates the joy of giving and sharing good works with customers and neighbors in the communities the firm serves.  This year, the company launched a Support Our Troops campaign, and KRA programs across the country rose to the occasion…many times with the cooperation and support of community-based partners…by collecting money and personal items for military personnel here and abroad, hosting special events for Veterans, and supporting local military events.  Reports have been published previously on several successful KRA projects, and below is yet another, launched by
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It was reported previously that the KRA/CTWorks One-Stop Career Center Program, in the Greater Hartford Region of North Central Connecticut, had volunteered to raise money for a very deserving local cause…the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut.  To implement the campaign, which ran from October 1 through December 31, 2012, KRA staff from the four offices devised several unique activities.  One of which, Dress-Up Jeans Day, encouraged staff to pay $5 each Friday, up to October 31st, for “dressing up” in jeans.  Another activity, was a Paper T-Shirt Contest, wherein staff paid $1 to purchase ‘T-shirts” and then decorate them
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For the better part of the last 3 months, KRA has been celebrating 2012 Community Care Day, a company-wide initiative that highlights the joy of giving and sharing good works with customers and neighbors in the communities the firm serves. This year, the company launched a Support Our Troops campaign, and KRA programs across the country rose to the occasion, many times in cooperation with community partners, collecting money and gifts for military personnel here and abroad, hosting special events, visiting Veterans facilities, etc.  Reports have already been published on several successful KRA projects that focused on the well-being of
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As part of the 2012 Community Care Day Initiative to Support Our Troops, KRA’s Camden, New Jersey office collaborated with its Community Work Experience Program (CWEP) partners to demonstrate appreciation and support for local troops in Fort Dix, New Jersey. The goal of the campaign was to provide support, either by donating time, money, and/or items, from a list supplied by Ms. “MJ” Flammer, Center Operating Manager, USO of Southern New Jersey.  Recently, more than $500 and 300 items were turned over to Flammer, who delivered the gifts to the soldiers at Fort Dix. According to Anita Davis, KRA Program
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Previously, it was reported that Knowlton R. Atterbeary, KRA President & CEO, had officially launched the 2012 Community Care Day Campaign, a company-wide initiative created to celebrate the joy of giving and sharing good works with customers and neighbors in the communities the firm serves. Every year since 2009, KRA staff have selflessly volunteered time, effort, and gifts to make each Community Care Day a resounding success. This year, the company proudly launched a new effort…Support Our Troops…dedicated to our active and veteran military members. According to Tiffany Haynes, KRA Lead Instructor and Corporate 2012 Community Care Day Coordinator, “Since
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