By Dan Mitchell, MLM Blog Correspondent
Charity begins at home for this big-hearted Direct Sales company.
From OpportunityZone:
Just the night before and into the early morning hours, thunderstorms producing plenty of lightning covered most of the lower half of Michigan. Sure we expect this type of weather throughout the summertime, but this day was set for fulfilling a Thanksgiving wish that our Vice President, Dana Boals found in the newspaper. A local Girl Scout troop submitted a heartfelt wish that Congress Elementary School would receive a new playground.
Amway through the One by One Campaign for Children, for the fourth time in West Michigan, partnered with the nonprofit KaBOOM!, and now Grand Rapids Public Schools, to turn that wish into a reality.
I arrive shortly after 8 am. The sun is shining and as I approach there is a hum of energy. As I go in to the scene, there is a rhythm. It is a rhythm of hundreds of volunteers from Amway Manufacturing. Add to the mix the Girl Scout Troop, people from Grand Rapids Public Schools, KaBOOM! and the surrounding neighborhood. All focused on a goal to not only build, but complete a playground all before 2:30 in the afternoon.
I sign in, and chose a tag to put my name on. Each name tag has a sticker. There are ladybugs, guerillas, camels, dolphins, on and on and on. Mine? It is a puppy. Cool! Everyone is checking out each others name tags to see what they have. As we’re greeting each other, we find out these stickers determine what team and what job we will be focusing on for the day.
The opening ceremonies are going great, the Girl Scouts are leading us through “warm up exercises” for fun and as I look around I see the Vice President of Amway Manufacturing Dave Buttrick joining in with the side bends. He too has a name tag and will be put to work.
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