Res agents answer calls to help youth
People helping people. Acts of goodwill
are frequent this time of year as those
more fortunate lend helping hands to
those in need. No better example of the
spirit of giving can be found than within
our reservations centers and support
groups, where helping others is a year-
round endeavor.
INTRO sponsors two cottages which are
home for about 30 teenagers at the Meth
odist Children's Home in Winston-Salem.
To raise money, agents have held yard sales
and sold baked items, and currently they
are putting together a cookbook. Em
ployees have parties for the teenagers,
and remember each child on his or her
birthday. In addition, this holiday sea
son, INTRO agents are sponsoring two
families—both part of the Piedmont
family—which recently lost their homes
and all their possessions in fires.
At BNARO, agents have held fashion
shows, silent auctions, bake sales and
raffles to raise money for children at the
Tfennessee Baptist Home. During the hol
idays, they have a Christmas party com
plete with Santa and a choral program.
The children are remembered on their
birthdays and during other holidays. Re
cently, agents took a group to a local
baseball game.
TWenty-two children at the Osceola
Children’s Home go skating once a week
and have movie night twice a month
thanks to agents at MCORO. Children re
ceive gifts and cards every holiday, and the
agents are making sure that on Christ
mas morning, each child receives a pres
ent from Santa, lb raise money for their
project, agents recently held a bowlathon.
DCARO sponsors about 27 needy chil
dren recommended by the local social
services department. Like the other
offices, the children are remembered on
their birthdays and other holidays. At
Thanksgiving, agents provided a turkey
and gift certificate for groceries for each
child’s family, and for Christmas, a party.
Silent auctions plus a raffle for a quilt
(see photo) are some of the ways employ
ees have raised money.
Forty-five children at the Clark County
Children’s Home are given parties
throughout the year by employees at
DAYRO, and each child receives a birthday
present. Bazaars and raffles are just a few
of the ways agents raise money for their
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DAYRO employees contributed
more than 50 bags of groceries to
several needy families to help them
during the holidays. Seated among
the bags of food shortly before they
were delivered November 25 are
(1 to r) Ttijuanna Williams, Kevin
Steinke, and Leah Schiller who
headed up the project.
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project. In addition during the holidays,
these employees are stocking the shelves
of two less fortunate families in the area.
UCARO sponsors The House of The
Good Shepherd which is home for about
97 children. Bake sales, raffles, and car
washes are just a few of the ways they have
raised money for the project. This fall,
they sponsored a fashion show in which
the children participated. They have set
a goal of $15,000 to purchase new play
ground equipment for the home.
In addition, employees in the reserva-
Caring for others
Employees supported United Way cam
paigns around the system in a big way.
Here are just three examples. At Char
lotte, employees pledged over $25,000.
DCARO employees won their fifth Gold
Award since the center opened in 1982.
Ninety-five percent of the staff contrib
uted an average of $73 for a total gift of
$23,053, up 28 percent over last year.
The 5,525 employees in Winston-Salem
pledged $256,786, a 35 percent increase
over 1986’s drive.
Employees have attractively decorated
the 95 airports Piedmont serves with all
the traditional trimmings, but each sta
tion has its own special way of celebrat
ing the holiday season. For example at
CLT, employees invite children from a
local elementary school to draw pictures
which are displayed at the airport. The
theme is "Christmas at the Airport,” and
about 50 drawings adorn the walls of our
concourses. This year, the pictures are
for sale, with the proceeds going to the
children, many who are from needy fam
ilies. If you travel through CLT over the
holidays and see a picture you would like
to purchase, contact Ann Broocks, assis
tant customer service manager.
lb raise money to
help needy children in
their area, 20 DCARO
agents made this
5-l/2-by-7 foot quilt
as a tribute to Pied
mont then held a raf
fle selling $2 chances
to DCARO employees
to take the quilt
home.
The quilt, made by
employees on their
own time, has 19 col
orful squares and is
signed by T.H. Davis,
Piedmont’s founder.
Piedmont’s fleet, our
hubs, the Florida
Shuttle, and the
merger with Empire
are just a few of the
airline memorabilia
highlighted.
Heading up the proj
ect were (1 to r) Char-
leen Price, Joyce
Knodell, an artist who
drew up the design,
and Linda Elliott.
Sandy Sturgis, who
moved this fall and is
no longer with Pied
mont, contributed her
expertise as a quilter
to the project.
Price noted; “We all
have such pride in
Piedmont and wanted
to do something spe
cial for the company.”
tions administrations departments in
Winston-Salem sponsor about 25 chil
dren in two cottages at Mills Home in
Thomasville. and the reservations sup
port areas help about 28 children at the
Children's Home in Lexington.
These are just a few examples of Pied
mont people helping others. And that's
just what Christmas is all about.
Eight hundred people in more
than 230 families sat down to a tra
ditional turkey dinner Thanksgiv
ing day because of the generosity
of Piedmont employees systemwide.
Much of the praise goes to em
ployees in our Avionics Shop,
GSOMM, who raised over $5,858
for the annual Piedmont Thanks
giving Food Drive. They donated a
VCR, television, and cordless phone
for their annual raffle, and sold
tickets systemwide. John Leonard,
a CLT-based pilot, won the televi
sion; a Winston-Salem resident, the
VCR; and a passenger flying out of
BGM, the cordless phone,
“We couldn't have done it with
out all the help we received from
people in every area of the com
pany,” Rudy Sutis, one of the raffle
coordinators in Avionics, said. ‘‘Our
people in Winston-Salem reserva
tions sold 548 tickets, and in Char
lotte, over 400 were sold. Fixed
base, Madison Park, maintenance,
crews—everyone contributed to
make this the best year ever.”
Sunnie Cram, Marketing, INT, is
in charge of the Thanksgiving pro
ject which has been in operation
for nine years. The money raised by
the Avionics Shop plus money and
food contributed by other employ
ees made this drive the largest ever.