HanesBrands employees provide Day
of Caring initiatives
A Hants employee helps by sorting clothes.
SPECIAL TO
THE CHRONICLE
HanesBrands today
announced nearly 400
employees participated in
its annual Day of Caring
event, the finale of the
company's 2016 United
Way campaign.
The two-week cam
paign ends with employees
trading an afternoon of
work to help those in need.
Hanes' Day of Caring was
Friday, Oct. 28, from 1 to 4
pjn. at 13 Forsyth County
agencies. Volunteers sorted
and organized food
pantries, painted and plant
ed garden beds, and other
landscaping projects.
"We are proud to make
a difference in the commu
nity where we live and
work through the Day of
Caring event," said James
Francis, Hanes' vice presi
dent, basics, and chairman
of the company's 2016
United Way campaign.
"Our employees are
extremely committed to
volunteerism, and are hon
ored to lend a helping hand
to 13 local agencies mak
ing a difference in the lives
of Forsyth County resi
dents."
"We here at
HanesBrands are extremely
honored and thrilled to
leave our mark on the com
munity in such a way," said
Cheryl Lindsay, Hanes'
director, global diversity/
Lindsay
inclusion and community
relations, and Day of
Caring chairperson. "Each
year employee volunteers
jump at the chance to go
out into their community to
donate their time and effort
to help change lives for the
better."
As part of this year's
campaign, Hanes employ
ees also donated 10,000
pounds of nonperishable
food items equating to
9/XX) meals to the Second
Harvest Food Bank, a
United Way agency. Other
campaign activities includ
ed an on-campus kickoff
celebration, silent auction
and an agency fair.
Hanes earned its ninth
United Way Campaign of
Excellence award for rais
ing $2.4 million during the
2015 campaign.
Hanes employees
worked at:
?Bridges Church
Clothing and Food Pantry -
Sorting and organizing
food pantry, sorting
clothes, packaging back
packs and outdoor garden
ing
?Exchange/SCAN -
Pressure washing play
house, gardening and
cleaning nursery
?Salvation Army Boys
& Girls Club - Planting
winter vegetables and
painting picnic tables
?Salvation Army Store
- Organizing clothing clos
et
?Second Harvest Food
Bank of Northwest North
Carolina - Painting, gar
dening, and working on
pallets
?The Children's Home
- Painting outdoor fence
?Union Baptist Church
- Sorting clothing and
organizing food pantry,
general interior cleaning
and painting interior lobby
*Winston-Salem Urban
League - Painting interior
lobby and board room
?Jerry Long Family
YMCA - Painting picnic
tables and painting lines in
play area
?YMCA Camp Hanes -
Landscaping and painting
interior areas
?YWCA-Gateway -
Painting interior gym
? YWCA-Hawley
House - Landscaping and
staining outdoor stairs
?YWCA-Best Choice
Center - Mulching outdoor
playground and plant beds.
Submitted photos
A Hants employee helps by planting plants.
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