With unemployment at its highest level since the Great Depression, more people than ever are struggling to make ends meet. Recently, the generous employees of one local company helped ease the burden just a bit for families in Longmont.
Aggregate Industries is a construction and building materials company with several Colorado locations including Longmont. In just 2 ½ weeks in May, employees across 23 of AI’s work sites collected a whopping 6,500 pounds of non-perishable foods and household goods and chose the OUR Center in Longmont as the recipient of their efforts. Additionally, an entire operational team from AI decided to donate an internal award it received for health and safety — more than $450 in gift cards.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has really been devastating to our communities,” said Chance Allen, Mountain Region general manager for U.S. Aggregates and Construction Materials. “At Aggregate Industries, we recognized how lucky we were to be considered an essential business that continued to work during this time, and we knew that others weren't in this same position. We believe that businesses are an integral part of the communities in which they operate."
On May 22, AI employees hand-delivered truckloads of supplies and the gift cards to the OUR Center.
“Aggregate Industries brought us a wide variety of food, water, cleaning supplies and toiletries, including much-needed diapers, and the gift cards will help us purchase additional needed items,” said Elaine Klotz, OUR Center development director. “They even unloaded everything for us on that hot Friday afternoon, which was especially helpful.”
As for AI’s Allen, he said he’s proud of what his team accomplished in such a short time. "I've found that the best ideas come directly from our employees and when they invest their sweat equity, that's the most meaningful."
