Over 5,500 employees across the globe volunteered on Stantec in the Community Day, including VT teams at Local Motion and Our Lady of Providence
Volunteers from local design firm Stantec spent hours Monday sprucing up donated bikes for Local Motion and landscaping for a Winooski senior living center as part of a company-wide day of service, Stantec in the Community Day. The day saw over 5,500 Stantec employees across the globe giving back to their communities.
“This day of volunteering not only supports our commitment to community, but also brings our team members together to make a coordinated, local impact,” says Stantec president and chief executive officer Bob Gomes. “Our employees have been serving their communities for decades, but bringing them together on one day like this just emphasizes what a difference we can make.”
The 20+ Stantec volunteers spent the day in four shifts. One team cleaned and repaired donated bicycles for Bike Recycle Vermont to give to low-income Vermonters, while another cleaned bikes for the Local Motion Trailside Center on the Burlington Bike Path. A third group did yard work and maintenance for residents at the Our Lady of Providence senior living center in Winooski, while the fourth cleaned up a bike path in Springfield, Vermont.
“Giving back to our communities in this way is extremely gratifying,” says Stantec’s Greg Edwards. “As a member of this community, I can see firsthand the difference we can all make together. And to know that my colleagues were doing the same thing across the company, at the same time, is inspiring.”
This is the company’s second year of dedicating a day to volunteer service. Some other examples of Stantec in the Community Day events around the world include:
· In New York City, volunteers stripped and repainted a 140-year-old wrought-iron fence that surrounds Christopher Park in Greenwich Village.
· In Sarasota, Florida, employees planted wildflower seeds to help replenish the struggling wildflower ecology.
· In Thunder Bay, Ontario, the Stantec team painted a mural in the downtown that showcases the community.
· In Vancouver, BC, volunteers will be serving as the “sherpas” who accompany people with limited mobility to experience hiking trails.
Stantec’s South Burlington office employs about 60 engineers and other design professionals.