Employees from McCarthy and its local construction sites recently gathered and donated approximately 1,000 pounds of much needed food and supplies to the Orange County Rescue Mission. This philanthropy was a part of McCarthy’s employee volunteer “Heart Hats” community service program.
McCarthy Office Manager Linda Osborn spearheaded this effort after she read an article in the Daily Pilot about the Rescue Mission being in dire need of donations and food. The article’s focus was to “Give a little bit of love to the Village of Hope” this Valentine’s Day.
Osborn said, “The article made me think about Valentine’s Day in a different way this year considering the state of our economy and the number of people out of work.” She decided to act on her feelings and began a campaign to collect food and supplies from McCarthy employees.
Osborn told the employees that in addition to giving to loved ones this Valentine’s Day, to also show some love to those less fortunate by giving them much needed food and other necessary items. She arranged for a drop-off spot in the McCarthy lobby and the Heart Hats willingly began filling the area with various canned food, dry goods and other needed items such as baby diapers, toothpaste and toiletries. She also urged jobsites outside of Orange County to set-up food drive locations at their jobsite trailers to support their local Rescue Mission.
“There are a lot of people right now that need our help, and we are extremely thankful to be in a position to give to those less fortunate,” said Osborn. “Seeing so many coworkers helping the needy at the Rescue Mission was definitely a heartwarming gift for me to receive on Valentines Day.”
More information about The Orange County Rescue Mission can be found at www.rescuemission.org.
About McCarthy Heart Hats
The McCarthy “Heart Hats” community involvement program is dedicated to encouraging, supporting and recognizing McCarthy employees’ volunteer efforts in a variety of causes to ensure real needs are being met in communities where employees work, live and play. Some of the past recipients of McCarthy Heart Hats efforts in Southern California include American Heart Association, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Kaiser Vallejo Hospital Community Clean-Up, Ocean Institute, Olive Crest Homes and Services for Abused Children, the Salesian Boys and Girl’s Club, the Salvation Army transitional housing Nancy Painter Home, and the San Diego Children’s Hospital and Health Center. McCarthy employees are as passionate about building better communities as they are about construction. In addition to recognizing outstanding employee volunteers and providing a companywide paid volunteer day, McCarthy “Heart Hats” donates countless hours of in-kind services and monetary contributions to improve communities each year.
Founded in 1864, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest commercial construction companies. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com.
