New Year’s Resolutions – It’s Not Just About Doing Better for Yourself
What Olympic Steel divisions have done to help others in 2020, and how you can keep it going in 2021.
There is little as rewarding as doing something for someone else with no expectation for something in return.
Giving for giving’s sake. Paying it forward. Corporate Citizenship. Whatever you call it and whether it’s your time and talent, money or donating an item to a person or organization in need, it’s all part of leading a well-rounded life.
Many of us start the new year with aspirations to get fit, eat right or achieve a goal – something to make the new year better than the year before. As you plan ways to improve your own life in 2021, think about creating a resolution to find a way to improve the lives of others. Organizations like the Make-A-Wish Foundation®, local food banks and Volunteers of America need more support than ever.
Luckily, Corporate Citizenship Committees at each division can make it easy for you to help others. Here are some of the ways divisions across the Company supported their communities in 2020 and have raised over $30,000 (and still counting) for our annual Working for Wishes campaign:
McCullough Industries – Kenton, OH
- Collected aluminum pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House®
- Hosted a weekly Bake Sale to support the Make-A-Wish® Foundation and Olympic Steel’s Working for Wishes campaign – all while observing COVID health and safety guidelines, such as having items individually wrapped, using plastic gloves and limiting bake sale access in the break room to 5 masked employees at a time
- Held a canned food drive to support Hardin County’s Local Food Bank
Olympic Steel – Bedford Heights, OH
- Raised money for Go Red for Women® at the American Heart Association® in February 2020
- Supported the Working for Wishes campaign through coupon book sales and raffles
Olympic Steel – Bettendorf, IA
- Raised $714 for the annual Junior Achievement Bowl-A-Thon through Jeans week, Valentine’s Bake Sales, Sweets for your Sweet (sold treats to employees to give to their loved ones) and raffles
- Raised over $1,000 for the American Heart Association® Heart Walk and Go Red for Women® by selling t-shirts, jeans week, selling hearts and pins and raffles
- Supported the annual Working for Wishes campaign by selling coupon books, deck of card drawings, raffles and other creative fundraisers
- Hosted two blood drives in 2020
- Sponsored a family during the holidays through muffin sales, jeans week and raffles
Olympic Steel – Buford, GA and Winder, GA
- Designed, manufactured and sold ornaments to support the local Make-A-Wish® Foundation
- Other efforts to support the Working for Wishes campaign include raffles, Valentine’s Day flower sales, St. Patrick’s Day Lottery raffle and a luncheon, generating over $10,000 in donations to the Make-A-Wish® Foundation from both locations
Olympic Steel – Chambersburg, PA and Media, PA, including EZ Dumper
- Sponsored four families for the annual Adopt-A-Family program, raising money through raffles and jeans days
- Supported the Working for Wishes campaign through coupon book sales and raffles
Olympic Steel – Cleveland, OH and Dover, OH
- Raised $700 through jeans days and raffles to support Milestones Behavioral Services, a school that focuses on enabling individuals with autism and other developmental disabilities to be valued members of their communities by living lives with purpose and joy
- Supported the Working for Wishes campaign through coupon book sales, raffles and jeans days
Olympic Steel – Minneapolis, MN
There are so many ways to make a difference in the lives of others, and there is no better time to begin than now. Search for a local volunteer opportunity at
nationalservice.gov. And, lend a hand to your local Corporate Citizenship team!
