STOBG CARES: Acts of Kindness During Crisis
September 23, 2020
With 24-hour news coverage, social media at our fingertips, and circumstances changing by the hour, it’s easy to get wrapped up in the “bad” of the COVID-19 pandemic. But moments of crisis also bring opportunities to show up for the communities we live and build in. Here are a few of the ways the offices across STOBG came together to spread hope and give back to their communities.
- STOBG offices gathered thousands of N95 masks, safety goggles, bunny suits, negative air machines, Edge Guard, and more to help front-line workers in hospitals from London to Dallas.
- Through nonprofit organizations like Hand Up Toronto, Hot Meals at Saint Mark’s Church, Compass Family Services, and local food-banks, STOBG collectively helped provide supplies and meals to over 500 families in need and more than 80 meals to people experiencing homelessness.
- Structure Tone London’s own preconstruction director, Michael Burke, facilitated a donation of masks, goggles, and filters to Epsom and St. Helier NHS Hospital.
- BCCI Construction’s Community Builders Committee—an employee group dedicated to encouraging positive action in their communities—volunteered to deliver groceries and medication to seniors who wouldn’t be able to get necessary items otherwise. Some even helped set up video calls with doctors for people living in senior houses across the city.
A THANK YOU NOTE FROM A DOCTOR BASED IN DALLAS:
“Thanks so much for helping us get those masks, the hospital and staff are so thankful! The dialysis nurses were expected to sit with COVID-positive patients for four hours wearing a plain mask. Now with these, they will be able to rotate and preserve the N95s. They are very grateful!”