Employees Donate Food and Money
to Local Charities
Chesapeake,
VA (November 13, 2007) – Employees of Jo-Kell
Inc., a local electrical
distribution and engineering Company, will present two local
charities with donations
collected over the past month at their facility on Monday,
November 12th at noon.
Bill Giermak and Martha Stewart of St. Mary’s
Home for Disabled Children, as well
as Clark Mandico, COO for the Food Bank of Southeastern
Virginia will be on site
to accept the donations from Jo-Kell employees.
With the company matching the donations
of their 45 employees from the past month,
Jo-Kell will present St. Mary’s with a check for over
$5,000. The Food Bank of
Southeastern Virginia will also be on hand to receive over
3,000 pounds of food
collected by employees. The donated food will help feed
over 1,500 families in
the community.
“Our employees form an incredible group of generous
people,” said Jo-Kell’s CEO, Suzy Kelly. “Throughout
the year they participate in numerous community projects,
one of their favorites being St. Mary’s Home for Disabled
Children,” Kelly added. St. Mary’s
is the only pediatric long-term care residential facility
of its kind in Virginia for
children with severe disabilities.
Jo-Kell’s annual month long food and
money drive began on October 1st and will end with an all
day employee appreciation celebration on November 12th hosted
by owners, Suzy and Marty Kelly, to show appreciation and
recognition for all contributions not only for this past
month, but throughout the year.
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