OnProcess donating Thanksgiving dinners to Fall River families – Fall River, MA – The Herald News November 25, 2009
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OnProcess donating Thanksgiving dinners to Fall River families – Fall River, MA – The Herald News
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OnProcess Technology will feed 130 families a free Thanksgiving dinner this year.
The 500-employee company, with a location at 21 Father Devalles Boulevard in Fall River and another in Ashland, collected nonperishable food items to donate to the Salvation Army in those communities. And the company purchased turkeys to complete the holiday meals.
Each Salvation Army received 65 complete dinners for needy families.
Army co-Commander Major Elizabeth Deming of the Fall River Salvation Army, 290 Bedford St., said some 1,500 families have requested free dinners this year, up 100 percent in the last two years. She said she was grateful to OnProcess Technology for its donation.
“They have no idea what a long-range effect it has on people’s lives,” Deming said.
The Salvation Army, which serves the greater Fall River area, gets some funding but also relies on private donations.
OnProcess Technology, an asset retrieval company, has made the donation for the past five years. It started with 10 turkey dinners and has steadily increased its giving, and this year surpassed its goal of providing for 35 families.
“The goal was to provide Thanksgiving meal baskets to less fortunate families within our local communities,” said Stacy Harrington, communications and events manager for OnProcess Technology.
On Monday, Harrington took her “overly stuffed” SUV to make the donation to Milford, where a Salvation Army lieutenant picked up the good and delivered them to Fall River.
“It was astonishing to see firsthand the difference people working together can make in the lives of the less fortunate,” Harrington said.
Deming said a child came to the Salvation Army Monday with his mother to pick up a free dinner, and his words gave her pause.
He turned and said: “Mommy, we’re going to have turkey on Thanksgiving,” Deming said. “This food goes to very needy families of all walks of life.”
The Salvation Army is also collecting food and monetary donations to provide another 1,500 dinners to needy families for Christmas. Those dinners usually consist of ham and all the fixings.
It is working to collect 2,000 coats for needy children, as well. Those interested can stop by the Salvation Army during normal business hours or call 508-679-7901 to receive the name and age of a child in need and their size. About 90 percent of the coats will be given to needy children in Fall River. The remainder will benefit children in Somerset, Freetown and Westport.
OnProcess Teams with Marathon Runner, Emma’s Hope for a Cure to Fight FSGS May 28, 2009
Posted by OnProcess Technology in OnProcess.Tags: Boston Marathon 2009, Core Values, Corporate Contribution, Corporate Responsibility, Emma Raftery, Emma's Hope for a Cure, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, FSGS, Fund Raising, Making a Difference, OnProcess Technology, Trooper Bill Serpa
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OnProcess Technology recently completed its 2nd annual fundraising effort, on the occasion of Boston Marathon, to benefit Emma’s Hope for a Cure, a fundraising organization dedicated to the cure and eradication of FSGS (Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis).
Pictured L to R: The Raftery Family; Ed Barry, CEO of OnProcess Technology; OPT Team Members Andrea Davis, Amanda Gibson, Joe Hamilton, Rick Lunetta.
The organization is named for Emma Jane Raftery, a courageous 4 year old girl from Massachusetts who is battling the rare kidney disease, for which there is currently no known cure.
OnProcess’ MAD Committee (“Make A Difference”), led by team members Amanda Gibson and Andrea Davis, organized the event sponsorship, which included a bake sale and LCD HDTV raffle. The company also sponsored Mass State Trooper Bill Serpa’s run of the Boston Marathon. The entire effort raised $2,000.
Over the past two years OPT has helped raise over $4000 to benefit Emma’s Hope for a Cure.
The MAD Committee was founded in 2005 to boost team morale and to help serve the local community through teamwork, which is one of the company’s Core Values. Since the implementation of this group, we have worked with several national and local organizations through donation of time or monetary fundraising. Several of the organizations are listed below:
The American Red Cross
Operation Give
Hurricane Katrina Fundraising
Walk For Hunger
ASPCA
The Jimmy Fund
United Way
Toys For Tots
Clinton House
American Cancer Society
Go Green – American Forests. Org
Emma’s Hope For A Cure
SMOC – South Middlesex Opportunity Council
The MAD Committee holds events within the company such as Customer Service Week and other charitable events during the Boston Marathon, which runs directly past OnProcess Technology’s headquarters in Ashland, MA.
To learn more about Emma’s story and/or make a donation online visit www.nephcure.org/PS_Emma.html, or for information contact siobhanraftery@verizon.net.
