The RV Industry Association picked up this report from the Elkhart Truth about Lippert’s philanthropic efforts in its home community.
It’s been more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared and the need for help has not subsided within the community, according to nonprofit officials in Elkhart, Ind.
To ensure that nonprofits aren’t without, Lippert has partnered with National Volunteer Week to host its second annual volunteer week.
During Volunteer Week, Lippert employees come together and form an assembly line at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds building and package 15,000 much-needed items to deliver to local nonprofits and schools the next day.
Those organizations include Care Camps, local elementary schools, Food Bank of Northern Indiana, Boys & Girls Clubs of Elkhart and St. Joseph counties and Center for the Homeless.
Michilah Grimes, LCI director of corporate and community impact, said COVID-19 has not yet ended and neither has the need for help in Elkhart County. She said the company asked the nonprofits for a list of items they needed, so the packages are based on the nonprofits and their clientele needs.
“There is still a strong need within our community,” she said. “We just dropped off boxes of school supplies to area schools and one of the staff members told us how they were very much needed because schools have been unable to do a lot of their PTO fundraisers, so a lot of those needs have gone unmet.”
On Wednesday, the company delivered 125 boxes of school supplies to Eastwood Elementary School. Principal Victoria Hays said the donations came at the perfect time.
“The burden for supplies falls really heavy on the teachers,” she said. “And with a lot of quarantining and coming from virtual to regular, we’ve really strained a lot of our supplies. Teachers are feeling a bit beat up and to have a company call and say, ‘Hey, we’ve chosen you and want to donate these supplies,’ put smiles on our teachers’ faces. So this was a great experience for us.”
Lippert has volunteered for service projects since 2017.
The rest of the article from The Elkhart Truth is here.