Local company uses different approach to help provide new benches for facility by working directly with children.
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BY ANDREW HEISERMAN
Staff Writer
ROCHELLE – Workers from Americold Logistics and children ages 7-12 at the Rochelle Child Care Center teamed up Tuesday afternoon to build benches, learn to work as a team and support the day care operation.
The Rochelle Child Care Center recently reached out to different corporations in the community seeking donations. Americold was contacted and came up with the idea of hosting a team building exercise rather than simply donating money.
“As Americold we look for opportunities to give back to our community. The theme today is building towards the future, and these are the youth that are going to be driving the next employees,” said Dan Lundquist, Americold general manager.
Once Americold was contacted, company leaders found out the facility was in need of benches, storage space and art supplies and created an event to cater to those needs. The main goal of the event was to give back to the community, but it also focused on teaching the children valuable life lessons.
“We are going to talk to them about the four C’s we try and run our business by; consistency, curiosity, confidence and celebrate,” added Jamie Proctor, general manager of Americold Belvidere. “We are going to talk about what those things mean to them to try and get them to think a little bit.”