By Lisa Moorhouse Let’s Do Something Big Over the course of two days, nearly 60 employees with CHS Sunfl ower in Grandin, N.D., pitched in to complete much-needed tasks around the community. In a down economy, volunteerism is on the upswing. T he Grandin, N.D., City Council had never seen a request quite like the one put before it in early 2012. A local business wanted a list of jobs that needed to be done around town — jobs that weren’t getting done, but were really needed. “When I fi rst talked to a city council member about providing volunteers to complete a number of tasks around the city, there were a few smaller items on the list,” says Robert Deraas, operations manager for CHS Sunfl ower in Grandin and coordinator for the location’s CHS Day of Service eff orts. “I explained we would have a number of employees available and we wanted to do something big.” That something big came from the time and labor of nearly 60 CHS Sunfl ower employees who volunteered through the CHS Day of Service program. The initiative encourages employees to take paid time during the workday to volunteer in their communities. Together, employees completed 11 city projects, including painting the city’s welcome sign, merry-go-round, parsonage windows, and ballpark concession stand, bleachers and scoreboard; cleaning out the city’s shelterbelt; Your CHS Connection 21
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