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Employees Present Food Donation and Funds to Local Charities
Chesapeake, VA (March 10, 2011) – Employees of Jo-Kell Inc., a local
electrical distribution and engineering company, presented two local charities
with donations collected during their annual food and fund drive at
their facility Monday, February 14th.
Present from St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children were Director of
Development, Martha Stewart and Director of Annual Giving, Mary Helen Hilton.
Present from the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia was Chief Marketing Officer,
Susan Mayo; Community Events Manager, Debbie Mergi and Chief Philanthropy
Officer, Marianne Smith-Vargas. Jo-Kell Employees presented St. Mary’s with a
check for $7,000. The company matched the monetary donations of their 47
Chesapeake employees from the fund drive.
The Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia was presented with a certificate
reflecting the total amount of all food collected by employees. This year,
Jo-Kell employees donated nearly 5,000 pounds of food, which provided over
3,000 meals in the community. Additionally, the Jacksonville branch collected
over 500 pounds for their local food bank.
“Our employee’s generosity continues to grow each year,” said Jo-Kell’s CEO,
Suzy Kelly. “We all look forward to the annual food and fund drive and the opportunity to help these two special charities,” Kelly added.
Jo-Kell’s annual month long food and fund drive began on October 1st and
concluded with an all day employee appreciation celebration on November
11th hosted by owners, Suzy and Marty Kelly, to show appreciation and
recognition for all contributions throughout the year.
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Contact: Karen Meyers, Marketing Director
1716 Lambert Court • Chesapeake, Virginia 23320
Phone (757) 523-2900 • Fax (757) 523-8773
karen.meyers@jokell.com • www.jokell.com
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